Appeal No. 96-3313
Application 08/148,101
rejected, but the examiner states in the Advisory Action
(Paper No. 15, October 11, 1995) that this rejection is
overcome by the proposed amendment (Amendment After Final
Action filed September 15, 1995).
The subject matter involved in this appeal defined by
claim 1 thus:
1. A disposable absorbent article, said article
defining a front portion, a rear portion and a crotch portion
connecting the front and rear portions and having opposed
longitudinal side edges, said article comprising:
an outer cover;
a liquid-pervious body-side liner;
an absorbent material located between said outer cover
and said body-side liner;
a pair of opposed ears located on said front portion,
said ears being adapted, in use, to overlap with said rear
portion of said article to form overlapped portions;
attachment means for attaching said overlapped portions
of said ears to said rear portion to form attachment points,
said attachment points being located on a side of said article
behind a transverse center plane of said article and within
about 2.5 inches (6.4 centimeters) of said transverse center
plane;
a waist elastic member attached to at least one of said
front portion or said rear portion; and
leg elastic members attached to said crotch portion
adjacent said opposed longitudinal side edges.
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