Appeal No. 97-2963 Page 3
Application No. 08/284,728
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an absorbent article
having an umbilical protection feature. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Roessler et al. (Roessler) 4,762,521 Aug. 9, 1988
Lippert et al. (Lippert) 4,861,652 Aug. 29, 1989
Ahr et al. (Ahr) 4,909,802 Mar. 20, 1990
Tracy 5,064,421 Nov. 12, 1991
Claims 1 to 13, 15 to 19 and 21 to 27 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, for failing to provide an
adequate written description of the invention.
Claims 1 to 13 and 22 to 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Lippert.
Claims 15 to 19 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Lippert in view of Roessler.
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