The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TSUTOMU KIDO, HIROYUKI SOGA,
TOSHIO INOUE, and KOJI KAWAMURA
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Appeal No. 2001-1794
Application No. 08/882,787
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 4,
and 6 through 9. These claims constitute all of the claims
remaining in the application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a disposable body fluids
absorbent article and to a method of disposal of a disposable
body fluids absorbent article. A basic understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and
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