Appeal No. 1996-2766
Application No. 08/258,909
the claims require the absence of a protein-dissolving
effective amount of surfactant.
The examiner’s combination of Davies with the primary
reference to Fu does not remedy the deficiency discussed above
as Davies is applied by the examiner for the teaching that
contact lens cleaners are formulated in a solid form for
superior cleaning performance (Answer, pages 4-5). In
addition to the deficiency in Fu discussed above, the examiner
has not provided any reason or suggestion for the proposed
combination of Fu and Davies. Davies discloses a
disinfecting/cleaning composition which contains a hydrogen
peroxide source which would be inactivated by water. Thus the
disinfecting unit form must be a solid (see Davies, column 1,
lines 5-13; column 2, lines 14-18; column 3, lines 9-18;
column 6, lines 10-17). The examiner has not presented
evidence or convincing reasoning of any teaching, suggestion
or motivation to support the proposed combination of Fu and
Davies, considering that the cleaning composition of Fu does
not contain hydrogen peroxide and is in aqueous form. See In
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