Appeal No. 95-0954
Application 08/058,092
providing a substrate made of a substantially dry, rigid,
open-celled foam consisting essentially of vegetable starch,
infused with a volatile fragrance wherein the fragrance
volatizes
from the substrate to freshen the surrounding air; and
dissolving the substrate in water when the fragrance has
substantially volatilized.
THE REFERENCES
Palinczar et al. (Palinczar) 4,339,550 Jul. 13, 1982
Eden et al. (Eden) 4,812,445 Mar. 14, 1989
Whistler 4,985,082 Jan. 15, 1991
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Whistler or Eden, in view of Palinczar.
Claim 16 also stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which
appellant regards as the invention.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellant and the examiner and conclude that
appellant’s claimed invention would have been obvious to one
of ordinary skill in the art at the time of appellant’s
invention over the prior art. Accordingly, the aforementioned
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