Appeal No. 96-1410
Application No. 08/321,384
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 13, 15 through 17 and 19, which are
all of the claims pending in this application.
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a unitized absorbent
structure. Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on
appeal and a copy of claim 1 is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
and/or obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Levesque 4,507,122 Mar. 26, 1985
Morris 4,755,413 July 5, 1988
Meyer et al. 4,798,603 Jan. 17, 1989
(Meyer) (filed Oct. 16, 1987)
Claims 1 through 6, 8, 10, 13, 15 through 17 and 19 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Meyer.
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