Appeal No. 2000-0301 Page 2 Application No. 08/690,402 BACKGROUND The appellants' invention relates to a disposable diaper (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Lawson 4,695,278 Sep. 22, 1987 Enloe 4,704,116 Nov. 3, 1987 Foreman 4,738,677 Apr. 19, 1988 Igaue et al. 4,904,251 Feb. 27, 1990 (Igaue) Robertson 5,026,364 June 25, 1991 Kido GB 2,271,501 Apr. 20, 1994 Claims 1 to 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kido in view of Enloe, Lawson, Foreman, Igaue and Robertson.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007