Appeal No. 2002-0913
Application No. 09/107,643
New Ground of Rejection
Pursuant to our authority under 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we enter
the following new rejection.
Claims 14, 17, 19, 20, 22, 27, 29, 30, 32, 37, 39 and 40 are
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Foreman.
These claims depend for various ones of the independent
claims on appeal and additionally call for the claimed member or
strip of the respective base claims to be (1) configured to
soften the effect on the skin of the wearer of the plastic edge
(claims 14 and 22), (2) absorbent (claims 17, 27 and 37), (3) an
absorbent padding positioned to provide an additional barrier
against leakage (claims 19, 29 and 39), (4) absorbent and
positioned to provide an additional barrier against leakage
(claims 20, 30 and 40), and (5) a padding member (claim 32).
As noted above, Foreman’s barrier cuffs 62, 262 comprise
flap portions 74, 274 that are compliant, soft feeling and non-
irritating to the wearer’s skin (column 11, lines 31-34), and
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