Appeal No. 97-2963 Page 12 Application No. 08/284,728 or motivation in the applied prior art to make Tracy's absorbent strips 50 nonwettable. Accordingly, the decision of the examiner to reject independent claim 1 and dependent claim 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 13, 15 to 19 and 21 to 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, is reversed and the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 13, 15 to 19 and 21 to 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007