Appeal No. 95-4450
Application No. 07/949,676
examiner as being directed toward a non-elected invention.
The examiner, upon the filing of this appeal, approved entry
(advisory mailed June 15, 1994) of an amendment (Paper No. 9)
filed after the final rejection.
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a method of applying
an effective amount of a specified softener composition to a
textile material to improve the hand or softness properties
thereof and a softened textile material having the specified
softener composition distributed thereon. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claims 23 and 31, which claims are reproduced below.
23. A method of imparting improved hand or softening
properties to a textile material, said method comprising
applying to said textile material an effective amount of a
softener composition comprised of
(a) at least one fatty acid amide softener agent of a
fatty acid having from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms, and
(b) at least one alkylpolyglycoside
wherein the ratio by weight of the amide softener (a) to the
alkylpolyglycoside is about 1.7:1 to about 8:1.
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