Appeal No. 1998-1714
Application No. 08/441,823
and claim 13 recites:
a washing agent for cleaning the hands
when applied to the hands and rinsed away
with a solvent such as water; and
a detection agent disposed in said
washing agent . . .
Since, as discussed above, Glo-Germ does not disclose adding the
detection agent (fluorescent powder) to a handwashing medium or
washing agent for cleaning the hands, neither of these claims is
anticipated by Glo-Germ.
Accordingly, rejection (2) will not be sustained as to
independent claims 1, 7 and 13, nor, it follows, as to dependent
claims 3 to 6, 9 to 12 and 14 to 17.
Rejection (3)
The Shiino reference discloses that a detection agent
(fluorescent material) is added to any of various detergents,
such as alcohol detergents, hydrocarbon detergents, etc.
(translation, paragraph [0004]). However, while some detergents
within these categories may be washing agents for cleaning the
hands, Shiino does not disclose any such detergents specifically,
and therefore does not anticipate claim 13 or dependent claims 14
to 17.
Rejection (3) will not be sustained.
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