Ex Parte Graydon et al - Page 1



                 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                          for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ANDREW R. GRAYDON,                                                
                                             KEVIN G. BLYTH,                                                    
                                            KEVIN L. KOTT, and                                                  
                                              GLENN S. WARD                                                     
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                                            Appeal No. 2007-0294                                                
                                         Application No. 11/050,224                                             
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                                                  ON BRIEF                                                      
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             Before GRIMES, LINCK, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                  
             LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                             

                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
                   This appeal involves claims to a solid particulate laundry detergent.  The                   
             Examiner has rejected the claims as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C.                  
             § 6(b).  We affirm.                                                                                
                                          STATEMENT OF CASE                                                     
                   Laundry detergents that contain clay, silicone (including polysiloxane), and                 
             flocculating agents are known in the prior art.  Specification 2: 18-21.  These are                





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