Appeal No. 97-4294 Page 3
Application No. 08/294,155
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an absorbent
structure. 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:
Pieniak 4,560,372 Dec. 24,
1985
Jackson et al. 5,350,370 Sep.
27, 1994
(Jackson) (filed Apr. 30,
1993)
Reference made of record by this panel of the Board is:
Bair 5,135,787 Aug.
4, 1992
Claims 1 to 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the appellants regard as the invention.
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