Appeal No. 1997-4264
Application No. 08/421,131
pending in this application.
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
The appellant's invention relates to an absorbent
article, such as, a disposable diaper, having a pair of
containment flaps (10) to improve the lateral containment of
body exudates. Specifically, appellant's containment flaps
include a barrier layer (20) which is stitched with from 1 to
10 elastomeric threads (22) (specification, pages 7 and 8).
Appellant's claims are directed to a containment flap (claims
1 through 10 and 21 through 24), to an absorbent article
including a pair of containment flaps (claims 11 through 16)
and to a method of making an absorbent article including the
steps of providing a pair of barrier layers and stitching each
barrier layer with at least one elastomeric thread to form a
pair of containment flaps (claims 17 through 20). A more
complete understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claims 1, 11 and 17, which appear in the
appendix to appellant's "Response" filed May 27, 1998 (Paper
No. 15).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
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