Appeal No. 1999-2518
Application 08/722,213
(CCPA 1966). Collier would have fairly suggested, to one of
ordinary skill in the art, using his bleach release times for any
of the disclosed bleaches, including the organic peroxyacid
bleach.
For the above reasons, the appellants’ arguments are not
effective for rebutting the prima facie case of obviousness of
the subject matter of claims 11 and 20 over Collier.
Consequently, we affirm the rejection of claims 11, 19 and 20
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Collier.
Rejection of claims 1-4, 12, 14-16, 18 and 21 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 over Collier in view of Panandiker
The appellants state that claims 3, 4 and 21 stand or fall
separately (brief, page 4). The appellants, however, present a
substantive argument only as to the separate patentability of
claim 3. We therefore limit our discussion to claim 3 and one of
the other claims, i.e., claim 1.
The appellants’ claim 1 requires a water-soluble builder and
an enzyme having recited release characteristics, and a polymeric
dye transfer inhibiting agent. The water-soluble builder and
enzyme are disclosed by Collier, and the recited release
characteristics would have been fairly suggested to one of
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