Appeal No. 1997-3787
Application No. 08/275,241
wherein R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3
4
carbon atoms, R represents an alkyl group having at
5
least two hydroxyl groups, and R represents an
6
alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and balance of
water, the pH of the composition being 9 to 12.5.
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the examiner1
is:
Haijima et al. (Haijima) 5,328,812 Jul.
12, 1994
Claims 1 through 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(a) or (e) as anticipated by the disclosure of Haijima.
Claims 1 through 9 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over the disclosure of Haijima.
We have carefully reviewed the claims, specification and
the applied prior art, including all of the arguments
advanced by both the examiner and appellants in support of
their respective positions. This review leads us to conclude
that the examiner’s §§ 102 and 103 rejections are not well
founded. Accordingly, we will not sustain the examiner’s §§
102 and 103 rejections for essentially those reasons set forth
1The §§ 102 and 103 rejections based on U.S. Patent
3,723,117 issued to Willems on March 27, 1973, or on Japanese
Patent Application 62-180362 published on August 7, 1987,
which were set forth in the final Office action dated June 30,
1995, have been withdrawn. See Answer, page 4.
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