Appeal No. 96-1366
Application 08/105,617
The examiner has cited Repke for teaching the
interchangability of detachably joined sides and seam sealed
sides. In regard to the recitation in claim 3 of a liquid
absorbent panel, the examiner states:
To employ an auxiliary pad as taught by
Glassman on the Karami et al device, if not
already, would be obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art in view of the
recognition that such a feature would
provide easy removal but prevent
displacement during use and the
desirability of an insert pad in Karami et
al and such features in any disposable
absorbent article. [examiner’s answer pages
4-5].
The examiner further states that it would have been an obvious
matter of design choice to modify the Karami reference so that
the auxiliary panel floated at a “spaced distance of at least
10mm away from said convexly curved welding line.”
We agree with the analysis of the examiner and
further observe that an auxiliary panel placed in the pants
disclosed in Karami and depicted in Fig. 4 would inherently
float above welding line 32, as such auxiliary pad could not
be adhered directly to the welding line. In addition, Karami
discloses that the additional pads may be inserts (Col. 2,
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