Appeal No. 1997-2956 Page 2
Application No. 08/511,288
The appellants' invention relates to the art of
manufacturing disposable absorbent products having a laminated
construction (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants'
brief. Claim 13 is reproduced in the opinion section below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Worden et al. 4,443,511 Apr. 17,
1984
(Worden)
Suzuki et al. 4,626,305 Dec. 2,
1986
(Suzuki)
De Jonckheere et al. 4,760,764 Aug. 2,
1988
(De Jonckheere)
Claims 13-35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over De Jonckheere in view of Suzuki and
Worden.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
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