Appeal No. 2000-0018
Application No. 08/860,941
10, disclosed by Kasturi (col. 6, lines 12-13 and 22-24).
The detergent composition recited in the appellants’
claim 1, therefore, would have been prima facie obvious to one
of ordinary skill in the art over the combined teachings of
Watson and Kasturi. The composition recited in this claim
also would have been prima facie obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art over these references further in view of
Chapple, which the examiner relies upon (answer, page 5) for
evidence that zeolite MAP can have the particle size recited
in the appellants’ claim 1 (page 4, line 8).
Moreover, Kasturi teaches that the detergent composition
can contain an amylase enzyme such as Termamyl (col. 12, lineŽ
15; col. 12, line 66 - col. 13, line 1), which is an amalyse
enzyme which can be used in the appellants’ composition
(specification, page 6), and can contain zeolite MAP (col. 14,
lines 35-36). Thus, Kasturi itself would have fairly
suggested, to one of ordinary skill in the art, the detergent
composition recited in the appellants’ claim 1.
The appellants argue that Watson, Kasturi and Chapple are
not directed toward solving the problem confronted by the
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