The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DIETER BOECKH,
RALF OERENBERG, SOEREN HILDEBRANDT,
BERNHARD MOHR, HOLGER SCHOEPKE,
REINHOLD J. LEYRER, and JUERGEN HUFF
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Appeal No. 2006-1065
Application No. 10/296,231
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 11-31. Claim 11 is illustrative:
11. A composition for the treatment of hard surfaces, which comprises
(a) 0.05 to 40% by weight of cationically modified, particulate, hydrophobic
polymers, the surface of which has been cationically modified by coating with
cationic polymers, and the particle size of which is 10 nm to 100 μm, wherein the
particulate hydrophobic polymers contain no active substance entrapped therein,
distributed throughout, absorbed or adsorbed,
(b) 0 to 20% by weight of at least one water-soluble salt of Ca, Mg, Al, Zn
and/or 0.01 to 30% by weight of at least one cationic surfactant and/or 0.01 to
15% by weight of at least one cationic polymer,
(c) 0 to 80% by weight of at least one additive, selected from the group
consisting of acids, bases, inorganic builders, organic cobuilders, further
surfactants, polymeric color transfer inhibitors, polymeric antiredeposition agents,
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