Appeal No. 98-1945
Application 08/655,736
Appellant’s invention pertains to a tampon device, a
tampon applicator device, a tampon device kit, and to a method
of reminding a tampon user that a tampon has been used. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claims 1, 4, 10, and 16, copies of which appear
in the revised Appendix attached to “REPLY TO PAPER 23" (Paper
No. 24).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Stump 3,429,312 Feb. 25, 1969
Bossak 3,948,257 Apr. 6, 1976
Thompson 4,332,251 Jun. 1, 1982
Jones 4,941,688 Jul. 17, 1990
The following rejection is before us for review.2
2It is apparent that both the final rejection of claims 1 through 9, 19, 20, 22
and 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, and the new ground of rejection under 35
U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, set forth in the answer, have been overcome by the entry
of subsequently filed amendments.
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