Appeal No. 1996-0858 Page 3
Application No. 08/117,648
and further wherein said aqueous cellulase solution is free of
surfactant;
(b) incubating the toweling at a temperature of from
about 20° to about 65°C for a period of from about 1 to about
16 hours to impart softening to said toweling; and
(c) treating the cotton toweling in a manner to remove
and/or inactivate the cellulase enzyme.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Barbesgaard et al. (Barbesgaard) 4,435,307 Mar. 06,
1984
Tai 4,479,881 Oct. 30,
1984
Spendel 4,489,455 Dec. 25,
1984
This merits panel of the Board of Patent Appeals &
Interferences cites and discusses the following reference.
Cox et al. (Cox) 5,232,851 Aug. 03, 1993
102(e) date - Oct. 16, 1990
Claims 1-4, 6-10 and 12-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Tai in view of Spendel.2
2The examiner refers to claims 1-4 and 6-16 as standing
rejected under this ground of rejection (answer, page 3).
However, we note that claim 11 was canceled in an amendment
after final rejection filed April 22, 1994. The amendment was
indicated by the examiner as being entered upon the filing of
an appeal in an advisory action mailed June 23, 1994. We
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