Appeal No. 2000-0057
Application 08/748,053
b) an effective soil suspending amount of a surfactant
composition;
c) an effective solidifying amount of a urea compound;
and
d) an effective amount of water for solidification;
wherein the composition is solidified into a solid block and
is held within a disposable plastic container.
THE REFERENCES
Brown-Skrobot et al. (Brown-Skrobot) 4,975,217 Dec. 4,
1990 Bull 5,310,549 May
10, 1994
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
follows: claims 1-4, 6-11, 13, 15, 16, 39-46 and 48 over Bull,
and claims 12, 14, 47 and 49 over Bull in view of Brown-
Skrobot.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections. We need to
address only the independent claims, i.e., claims 1 and 39-41.
Claims 1, 39 and 40 require that the composition contains
at least 5 wt% of a normally liquid acid, i.e., an acid which
is liquid at a temperature of less than about 40ēC. The
appellants’ specification uses the terms “liquid” and either
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