Appeal No. 1996-0906 Application No. 08/110,341 1. A method for modifying surfaces to facilitate oil removal, consisting essentially of: selecting a surface to be modified; immobilizing a lipase onto the surface, the lipase being isolatable from a Pseudomonas organism. The references relied upon by the examiner are: Butler2 4,006,059 Feb. 1, 1977 Matsuo et al. (Matsuo) 4,472,503 Sep. 18, 1984 Thom et al. (Thom ‘291) 4,707,291 Nov. 17, 1987 Clark 4,909,962 Mar. 20, 1990 European Patent Applications: Thom et al. (Thom ‘390) 0 206 390 Dec. 30, 1986 Wiersema et al. (Wiersema) 0 268 456 May 25, 1988 Wiersema et al.3 (Wiersema ‘487) 0 253 487 Jan. 20, 1988 and 8 in response to new grounds of rejection (specifically the Butler in view of Thom and Matsuo series) set forth in the Answer. The amendments were entered by the examiner, and noted in the Supplemental Examiner’s Answer. The amendment is noted in the reproduction of claim 1 herein. 2 Butler is newly added in the Answer. 3 We note the examiner withdrew Wiersema ‘487 from the prior art rejection as cumulative, in the Answer. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007