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United States Patent and Trademark Office
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.
14/446,681 07/30/2014 Kevin KAVCHOK 99281US 1107
45980 7590 01/03/2018
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
Princeton North Technical Center
ATTN: PATENT GROUP
469 NORTH HARRISON STREET
PRINCETON, NJ 08543-5297
EXAMINER
DELCOTTO, GREGORY R
ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER
1761
NOTIFICATION DATE DELIVERY MODE
01/03/2018 ELECTRONIC
Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
following e-mail address(es):
JANET.RUBINSTEIN@CHURCHDWIGHT.COM
PAUL.FAIR@CHURCHDWIGHT.COM
dorian.grumet@churchdwight.com
PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
Ex parte KEVIN KAVCHOK,
LISA MUENTENER, and BRUCE CONLEY
Appeal 2017-004719
Application 14/446,681
Technology Center 1700
Before MICHAEL P. COLAIANNI, GEORGE C. BEST, and
N. WHITNEY WILSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
COLAIANNI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 the non-final rejections of
claims 1—3, 5, 7, 9, 13—17, 19, and 21—24. We have jurisdiction over the
appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
We AFFIRM.
Appellants’ invention is directed to a single phase automatic
dishwashing detergent composition said to exhibit enhanced stability and
cleaning (Spec. 1:7—8).
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Appeal 2017-004719
Application 14/446,681
Claims 1,21, and 22 are illustrative:
1. A single phase automatic dishwashing detergent
composition comprising, based on the total weight ofthe
composition:
a peroxide bleaching agent present in an amount of about 30%
to about 60% by weight;
a mixture of detergent builders comprising:
a) a silicate present in an amount of about 15% to
about 30% by weight;
b) a citrate present in an amount of about 5% to about
20% by weight; and
c) a carbonate present in an amount of about 5% to
about 20% by weight;
a nonionic surfactant present in an amount of about 0.1% to
about 10% by weight;
a detergent polymer present in an amount of about 2% to about
5% by weight; and
an enzyme present in an amount of about 1% to about 5% by
weight, wherein the composition is free ofphosphate
compounds.
21. A single phase automatic dishwashing detergent
composition comprising, based on the total weight ofthe
composition:
an alkali metal percarbonate present in an amount of 30% to
60% by weight;
an alkali metal silicate;
an alkali metal citrate;
an alkali metal carbonate;
a fatty alcohol polyglycol ether;
a fatty alcohol ethoxylate;
a polycarboxylate; and
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