Appeal No. 1998-0762
Application No. 08/379,576
[obviousness-type] double patenting over claims 1-5 and 8-23
of copending Application No. 08/379,577.” See Answer, page 6.
This rejection is moot since Application 08/379,577 is no
longer pending.
REMAND TO THE EXAMINER
We remand the application to the examiner to take
appropriate action. As indicated supra, Dany ‘895 does not
teach the claimed anionic and nonionic surfactants recited in
claims 6 through 8. However, we observe that Dany ‘895
generically teaches using anionic and nonionic surfactants in
its laundry detergent composition. See column 3, Table 1.
Although Dany ‘895 does not specify the types of anionic and
nonionic surfactants employed, appellants appear to
acknowledge that U.S. Patent 3,929,678 issued to Laughlin et
al. teaches that the claimed anionic and nonionic surfactants
are useful as the surfactants of laundry detergent
compositions (Specification, page 10). Upon return of this
application, the examiner shall review the content of this
patent and determine whether the combined teachings of this
patent, Dany ‘895, Painter and Hartman would have suggested
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