Appeal 2007-1565
Application 10/682,951
Drewes US 5,519,077 May 21, 1996
Reith CA 2,329,303 A1 Nov. 27, 1987
Sugawara JP 62273243A Nov.27, 1987
Yuichi JP 2000273259A Oct. 03, 2000
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
Drewes (Answer 3).
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
Reith in view of Sugawara or Yuichi (Answer 5).1
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
Sugawara or Yuichi in view of Drewes or Reith (Answer 6).
Within each rejection, the claims stand or fall together because
separate arguments for patentability were not provided for any individual
claims. 37 C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii). We select claim 1, the broadest claim
on appeal, to decide all the rejections. Claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A stabiliser composition comprising at least one
amino alcohol, at least one halogen-containing salt of an oxy
acid and at least one compound having a structural element of
the general formula I:
1 In a paper dated Jan. 7, 2007, the Examiner provided translations of the JP
publications upon which the Sugawara and Yuichi abstracts were based.
However, both the Examiner and Appellants continue to rely on the abstracts
in this proceeding. Accordingly, we base our decision on only the disclosure
in the abstract.
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