Appeal No. 2005-0191
Application No. 09/971,239
maximum hydrolysis level.
27. A method for removing fluid from the skin, the method comprising applying
a fluid absorbing effective amount of fluid absorber, said fluid absorber
comprising a starch product, said starch product having been prepared by a
process comprising the step [sic, steps] of:
providing a starch in granular form;
selecting an enzyme for hydrolysis of the starch;
determining an estimated fluid absorption optimum hydrolysis level;
enzymatically hydrolyzing said starch under reaction conditions suitable to result
in a porous granular starch; and
terminating said enzymatic hydrolysis when said hydrolysis has proceeded to
within a predetermined range surrounding said estimated fluid absorption
optimum hydrolysis level.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Kobayashi et al. (Kobayashi) 5,445,950 Aug. 29, 1995
Whistler 4,985,082 Jan. 15, 1991
Kochan et al. (Kochan) EP 182 296 A2 May 28, 1986
The claims stand rejected as follows:
I. Claims 1-8, 15-19 and 27-34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by, or in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over
Kochan.
II. Claims 1-8, 15-19 and 27-34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Kochan in view of Whistler and Kobayashi.
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