Appeal No. 2005-0360
Application No. 09/896,853
the merit in appellants' argument that "[w]hile the phrase 'home
laundry' does appear in the Abstract submitted by the Examiner,
it is unclear as to what is meant by this phrase" (page 3 of
Brief, paragraph three). Manifestly, the abstract teaches that
the composition can be used to clean laundry. Furthermore, by
disclosing that the surfactant/water composition can be used as a
rinse agent in a dishwasher, as well as in commercial laundries,
Schmid provides evidence that the rinse aid composition of Pruehs
can also serve as a laundry detergent.
Appellants also maintain that "[n]owhere within the four
corners of the Schmid reference is the combination of hydroxy
mixed ethers with an aqueous laundry detergent disclosed" (id.).
However, claim 11 on appeal does not require such a combination
of ethers with laundry detergent but, as explained above, defines
an aqueous laundry detergent as comprising a hydroxy mixed ether
and water.
In conclusion, based on the foregoing, the examiner's
decision rejecting the appealed claims is affirmed.
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