Ex Parte FRANKENBACH et al - Page 8



          Appeal No. 2003-0777                                                        
          Application No. 09/554,969                                                  

                                      Appendix                                        
                                       Claim 1                                        
               1.   Clear, or translucent liquid fabric softener                      
               composition comprising:                                                
               A.  from about 2% to about 80% by weight of the                        
               composition of fabric softener;                                        
               B.  at least an effective level of principal solvent                   
               having a ClogP of from about -2.0 to about 2.6 to                      
               provide a clear or translucent composition;                            
               C.  from about 0.5 % to about 10% by weight of the                     
               composition of electrolyte;                                            
               D.  optionally, from 0% to about 15% by weight of the                  
               composition of phase stabilizer selected from the group                
               consisting of:                                                         
                    1.   nonionic surfactants derived from saturated                  
                    and/or unsaturated primary, secondary, and/or                     
                    branched, amine, amide, amine-oxide, fatty                        
                    alcohol, fatty acid, alkyl phenol, and/or alkyl                   
                    aryl carboxylic acid compounds having from about 6                
                    to about 22 carbon atoms in a hydrophobic chain,                  
                    wherein at least one active hydrogen of said                      
                    compounds is ethoxylated with < 50 ethylene oxide                 
                    moieties to provide an HLB of from about 8 to                     
                    about 20;                                                         
                    2.   nonionic surfactants with bulky head groups                  
                    selected from:                                                    






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