Appeal No. 2005-1827
Application No. 10/227,761
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to compositions that are disclosed to be
suitable for treating shoes. According to the specification page 8, treating
compositions is meant to encompass generally benefit agent compositions.
Benefit agents is meant to encompass any agent that can impart a consumer
recognizable and/or measurable benefit to an article. A copy of the claims on
appeal appears in the appendix attached to Appellants’ Brief.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting the appealed
claims.
Murch et al. (Murch) H1513 Jan. 2, 1996
(U.S. Statutory Invention Registration)
Angell et al. (Angell) 5,795,854 Aug. 18, 1998
Lesko et al. (Lesko) 5,820,633 Oct. 13, 1998
Siegler et al. (Siegler) 4,784,664 Nov. 15, 1988
Hartshorn WO 95/32268 Nov. 30, 1995
(Published World Intell. Prop. Org. Patent Application)
Goderis et al. (Goderis) WO 98/00512 Jan. 8, 1998
(Published World Intell. Prop. Org. Patent Application)
The Examiner has entered the following grounds of rejection (Answer
pages 3 and 4) as presented below in roman numeral fashion:
2
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