Ex parte TOYODA - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)              
          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is                 
          not binding precedent of the Board.                                         
                                                       Paper No. 26                   

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                              Ex parte HARUMITSU TOYODA                               
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-2818                                  
                               Application 08/550,521                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                               HEARD: January 27, 2000                                
                                     ___________                                      
          Before STAAB, NASE and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 1-14, all the claims in the application.                
                                    The Invention                                     
               Appellant’s invention pertains to a pull-on type                       
          disposable diaper.  Independent claim 1, a copy of which is                 
          found in an appendix to appellant’s brief, is illustrative of               

                                          1                                           





Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007