Appeal No. 1997-4290
Application No. 08/218,647
As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner relies on the following references:
Lindberg 5,401, 362 Mar. 28, 1995
Andersson et al. (Andersson ‘590) EP 512590 Nov. 11, 1992
European Patent Application
Andersson et al. (Andersson ‘695) EP 511695 Nov. 04, 1992
European Patent Application
Lachenal3 FR 2593527 Jul. 31, 1987
French Patent Application
Basta et al., “Lignox and Complimentary Combinations”, Non-Chlorine Bleaching
Proceedings, Hilton Head, S.C., March 2 to 5, 1992.
THE REJECTIONS
The Examiner rejected entered the following ground of rejections:
Claims 18, 19, 23 to 27, 31, 32, 34 and 35 is rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) over the combination of Andersson ‘590 and Lachenal.4 (Answer, page 3).
Claim 20 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the combination of
Andersson ‘590, Lachenal and Basta. (Answer, page 4).
3 When discussing this document we will use the inventor’s name Lachenal. This notation
is different from both the Appellants and the Examiner which identify the document as FR’ 527
and FR 2593527, respectively.
4 Our discussion of the Lachenal reference will refer to the English language translation a
copy will be attached to this decision.
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