Appeal 2007-0724
Reexamination Control 90/006,775
Patent 6,428,526
1 STATEMENT OF CASE
2 Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from a final rejection of
3 claims 1-22. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. §§ 6(b) and 306.
4 Appellants’ invention is directed to a package of disposable absorbent
5 articles, such as diapers.
6 Claims 1 and 12 are the claims at issue in this appeal.2 They read as
7 follows:
8 1. A package of disposable absorbent articles comprising a plurality of
9 said disposable absorbent articles wherein each of said disposable absorbent
10 articles includes an outer cover, a bodyside liner, an absorbent core disposed
11 between said outer cover and said bodyside liner, and at least one hook-and-
12 loop type mechanical fastener which comprises a hook material which
13 includes a base sheet and stemlike projections extending from said base
14 sheet, said stemlike projections being releasably engaged with said
15 disposable absorbent article to protect said hook material and provide a pant-
16 like structure before said disposable absorbent article is packaged.
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18 12. A package of disposable absorbent articles comprising a plurality of
19 said disposable absorbent articles wherein each of said disposable absorbent
20 articles includes an outer cover, a bodyside liner, an absorbent core disposed
21 between said outer cover and said bodyside liner, and at least one hook-and-
22 loop type mechanical fastener which comprises a hook material which
23 includes a base sheet and stemlike projections extending from said base
24 sheet, said stemlike projections being releasably engaged with said
25 disposable absorbent article to protect said hook material and provide a pant-
26 like structure, said plurality of said disposable absorbent articles having said
27 pant-like structure in said package.
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29 The examiner relies on the following evidence in rejecting the claims
30 on appeal:
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2 Claims 1 and 12 are the only independent claims on appeal.
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