Appeal No. 1996-2873
Application No. 08/209,194
Claim 50 is representative of the subject matter on
appeal and reads as follows:
50. An aqueous soluble drain sanitizing article for
dispensing a chemical sanitizing agent for sanitizing running
and standing drainage, said drain sanitizing article
comprising an aqueous soluble sanitazing bar, said bar
comprising (a) an effective amount of an antimicrobial
sanitizer, and (b) an effective amount of hardener, said
sanitizing bar having an interior wall, said interior wall
defining an opening in said drain sanitizing article wherein
when said drain sanitizing article is placed into a drain,
said drain sanitizing article allows for the passage of
drainage over the article and through said drain sanitizing
article opening into the drain.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies on the
following prior art:
Mortimer et al. (Mortimer) 656,992 Aug. 28,
1900
Rising 1,083,561 Jan. 6,
1914
Watanabe et al. (Watanabe) 4,218,432 Aug. 19,
1980
Kramer et al. (Kramer) 4,847,089 Jul. 11,
1989
Globus 4,954,316 Sep. 4,
1990
Wiedrich et al. (Wiedrich) 5,106,559 Apr. 21,
1992
Bull 5,310,549 May
10, 1994
(filed Aug. 31, 1989)
Claims 50 through 65 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
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