Appeal 2006-2144
Application 10/001,158
surfactant.” See the Specification, page 1. To obtain this article, a
thermoplastic resin and a lathering surfactant can be blended prior to or
within an extruder where the resulting blend is formed into melt extruded
fibers which can be in the form of a web or can be used to form a web. See
the Specification, pages 3 and 5. “[The] lathering surfactant is generally a
surfactant which when incorporated into the fiber and used in the cleansing
article and combined with water and mechanically agitated generates a foam
or lather at an initial foam volume of greater than 30 . . . .” See the
Specification, page 4.
Further details of the appealed subject matter are recited in claim 1
which is reproduced below:
1. A disposable personal care cleansing article
comprising a fibrous web containing melt extruded
fibers, the melt extruded fibers comprising a blend
of fiber-forming polymer with a melt extruded
altering surfactant, wherein the article has a foam
volume for two or more rinsings, where the
initial foam value is at least 30 ml and said article
is substantially dry prior to use.
II. PRIOR ART
The Examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of
unpatentability:
McAtee US 6,153,208 Nov. 28, 2000
Hasenoerhrl WO 98/52537 Nov. 26, 1998
III. REJECTION
Claims 1 through 36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of McAtee and Hasenoerhrl.
IV. FACTUAL FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
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