Appeal No. 1997-0328 Page 6
Application No. 08/094,072
comprise the claimed composition. The failure of either of
the applied references to fully denominate a composition
including both a fatty alcohol sulfate and an alkyl glycoside
as claimed is noted by appellants (brief, pages 9-12). While
Roselle discloses a plethora of surfactants which may be
utilized, there is no suggestion in Roselle pointed to by the
examiner that would lead one of ordinary skill in the art to
pick out an alkyl glycoside and a fatty alcohol sulfate for
combination in the relative amounts claimed herein in forming
Roselle's desired colorless detergent composition. Hughes
does not even disclose a fatty alcohol sulfate or an alkyl
glycoside component that is to be used in a detergent
composition.
In addition, the examiner has not pointed to where
Roselle teaches employing a soap component in their
composition. On this matter, we note that, the examiner, in
essence, acknowledges that Roselle does not disclose the
claimed soap component and viscosity of the claimed
composition (answer, pages 4 and 5). Even if we were to accept
the examiner's premise regarding the obviousness of using
soap, via in situ formation, in Roselle based on the combined
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