Appeal No. 1998-2791 Page 3
Application No. 08/422,676
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a disposable
absorbent article comprising an inflatable component and first
and second materials disposed on the article separated by a
breakable barrier, wherein the first and second materials are
combinable (by breaking of the barrier) to inflate the
inflatable chamber. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 28, 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:
Whyte 3,921,232 Nov. 25,
1975
Kato 4,781,645 Nov.
1, 1988
Lieberman 4,929,214 May
29, 1990
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 28, 29, 31-34 and 36 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Whyte in view of
Lieberman and Kato.
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 22) and reply
brief (Paper No. 25) and the non-final Office action mailed
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