Appeal No. 95-0565
Application 07/867,089
DECISION ON APPEAL UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 134
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from an
examiner’s rejection of Claims 1-11, all claims pending in
this application.
Introduction
Claims 1-11 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable in view of the combined teachings of
McDaniel et al. (McDaniel ‘729), U.S. Patent 4,557,729, issued
December 10, 1985; McDaniel et al. (McDaniel ‘918), U.S.
Patent 4,762,918, issued August 9, 1988; and Broze et al.
(Broze), U.S. Patent 4,800,038, issued January 24, 1989. All
claims stand or fall together with independent Claim 1
(Appellants’ Brief On Appeal (Br.), p. 3, last line). Claim 1
reads:
1. A process for the production of an alkyl
glycoside stable in hue and odor, which comprises the
steps of (1) reacting a sugar with alcohol to obtain an
alkyl glycoside reaction product containing a higher
alcohol, (2) decoloring the alkyl glycoside reaction
product with hydrogen peroxide, (3) contacting the
decolored alkyl glycoside with a metal/hydrogen complex
represented by formula (I)
M(BH ) (I)
4 z
wherein M is an alkali metal, Ca, Zn or (CH ) N; and
3 4
z is 1 when M is an alkali metal or (CH ) N and z is
3 4
2
when M is Ca or Zn;
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