Appeal No. 2002-1335
Application No. 09/618,870
further describes optional ingredients which may be useful for
formulating laundry and cleaning compositions, it is reasonable
to conclude that one of ordinary skill in the art would have
understood that bleaching agents would be included in the
detergent compositions and fabric softening compounds would be
incorporated in either the rinse added fabric softener
compositions or the dryer added compositions. The examiner has
not pointed to any disclosure or suggestion in the reference for
adding both the claimed phthalocyanine bleaching agents and
quaternary ammonium fabric softeners in either a detergent
composition or a fabric softening composition. Nor has the
examiner explained why it would have been obvious for one of
ordinary skill in the art to include the claimed phthalocyanine
bleaching agents in a fabric softening composition, or, for that
matter, why it would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill
in the art to add the claimed quaternary ammonium compounds to a
detergent composition comprising the claimed phthalocyanine
bleaching agents. In the absence of such an explanation, the
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