1 B. Record considered
2 The record considered in the appeal consists solely of:
3 1. The specification, drawings and claims as originally filed.
4 2. European Patent Application 0 851 022 A2.
5 3. The final rejection entered 11 December 2003
6 4. Brief for Appellants filed 15 March 2004.
7 5. Order returning undocketed appeal to Examiner entered
8 18 July 2005.
9 5. Supplemental Examiner's Answer mailed on 27 or 28 July
10 2005.
11 6. Examiner's communication mailed 9 August 2005.
12 7. Appeal docketing notice of appeal received on 15 August
13 2006.
14 C. The invention
15 The invention sought to be patented can be understood by reference to
16 claims 1 and 12.
17 Claim 1
18 A mechanical dishwashing composition comprising:
19 (A) an anti-scaling polymer formed from
20 (i) 50 to 99% by weight of the polymer of an
21 olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer;
22 (ii) 1 to 50% of at least one monomer unit selected
23 from the group consisting of copolymerizable sulfonated monomers,
24 copolymerizable nonionic monomers and mixtures thereof;
25 (B) 0.1 to 99.9% of a vehicle designed to release at least an
26 effective amount of the polymer to prevent scaling;
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