Appeal No. 2007-0752 Page 2
Application No. 09/957,109
pantiliner along said at least one embossed fold line so as to allow said
periphery side areas to be positioned under a panty prior to and while said
pantiliner is in use, and wherein said at least one embossed fold line does
not penetrate said baffle.
2. The pantiliner of claim 1 wherein said at least one embossed fold
line is a line of embossing produced at a temperature of between about 40
and 80° C.
4. The pantiliner of claim 1 wherein said absorbent core is selected
from the group consisting of spunbond webs, meltblown webs, bonded-
carded webs, airlaid webs, and laminates and composites thereof.
7. The pantiliner of claim 1 wherein said at least one fold line includes
four fold lines.
11. A convertible pantiliner comprising a liquid permeable liner, a liquid
impervious baffle, and an absorbent core positioned therebetween, said
absorbent core comprising more than 70 weight percent pulp
hydroentangled with spunbond polypropylene fibers, said pantiliner further
comprising a periphery and at least one embossed fold line which does
not penetrate said baffle, wherein said pantiliner may be adjusted in size,
depending on panty size, by folding said pantiliner along said at least one
embossed fold line, so as to allow said periphery to be positioned under a
panty, thereby creating a pantiliner on a panty including a first longitudinal
end that is wider than a second longitudinal end.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Everhart et al. (Everhart) 5,284,703 Feb. 8, 1994
Hines et al. (Hines) WO 95/07674 Mar. 23, 1995
Unger et al. (Unger) WO 95/15139 Jun. 8, 1995
GROUNDS OF REJECTION
Claims 1, 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Unger.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by or, in
the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Unger.
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