Appeal No. 99-0920
Application No. 08/629,323
d. attaching said first continuous web to a second
continuous web to form a continuous combined web; and
e. cutting off a central portion of said continuous
combined web to form a web opening substantially
surrounded by the first and second elastic members.
The references applied upon by the examiner in his § 103
rejection are:
Dickover et al. 4,464,217 Aug. 7, 1984
(Dickover)
Mahoney et al. 4,650,530 Mar. 17, 1987
(Mahoney)
Dussaud et al. 0,048,011 Mar. 24, 1982
(European)
The following additional references have been referred to
by the appellants and/or the examiner in support of their
respective positions on the issues presented in this appeal:
Dussaud et al. 4,801,345 Jan. 31, 1989
(Dussaud)
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (New
College Edition), p. 326.
Gibilisco, “The Concise Illustrated Dictionary of Science and
Technology,” Tab Books, p. 262, 1993.
Walker, “Dictionary of Science and Technology,” Larousse, p.
639, 1995.
Claims 31, 33 and 34 are rejected under the second
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 for failing to particularly point
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