Appeal No. 96-2833
Application 08/202,772
examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim a soap which includes a recited cleaning
aid encapsulated by a poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel. Claim 1
is illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A soap comprising
(A) a poly(vinylalcohol) hydrogel and,
(B) a cleaning aid selected from a group consisting
essentially of
(i) a non-ionic surface active agent;
(ii) a weakly ionic surface active agent;
(iii) a non-ionic detergent;
(iv) a weakly ionic detergent, and
(v) mixtures of (i) to (iv),
wherein the cleaning aid is encapsulated by the
polyvinylalcohol hydrogel to form the soap.
THE REFERENCES
Fox et al. (Fox) 4,802,997 Feb. 7,
1989
Graiver et al. (Graiver) 4,851,168 Jul. 25,
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