Appeal No. 95-0733
Application 07/887,534
Before JOHN D. SMITH, GARRIS and PAK, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1, 4-6, 11-13, 16 and 23.
Claims 2, 3, 7-10, 14, 15 and 17-22 remain in the application
as directed to a nonelected invention.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to an
adhesive composite having very high moisture vapor transmis-
sion properties with little sacrifice of other desirable
properties when used as a wound dressing. To describe the
invention in greater detail and illustrate the claims on
appeal, claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An adhesive composite comprising
a) a polymeric backing layer,
b) a high moisture vapor transmission layer, and
c) a skin contacting adhesive layer;
wherein said high moisture vapor transmission layer is se-
lected from a polymeric film backing material that has a
2
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