Appeal No. 95-4526
Application 08/200,251
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection
of claims 1-26, 28-30 and 37-63, all the claims pending in the
application. Upon further consideration, the examiner has
allowed claims 21-24, 40, 41, 50, 51, 58 and 59, and has
indicated that claims 17, 19 and 20 would be allowable if
rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations
of the base claim and any intervening claims. See page 4 of
the answer. Consequently, only claims 1-16, 18, 25, 26, 28-
30, 37-39, 42-49, 52-57 and 60-63 remain before us for review.
Appellants’ invention pertains to an absorbent article.
With reference to drawing Figure 1, the absorbent article
comprises an absorbent 12, a bicomponent cover 24 which
includes a first material 26 having openings 28 formed
therethrough and a second material 30 different from the first
material, and a separation means 18 positioned between the
first material 26 and the absorbent for dispersing fluid
downward away from the first material and outwardly along the
surface 14 of the absorbent. Independent claims 1 and 4,
copies of which are appended to appellants’ brief, are
illustrative of the subject matter in issue.
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