Appeal No. 1999-0710
Application No. 08/716,875
rejection has not been entered. See the advisory letter
mailed July 29, 1998 (Paper No. 14).
Appellants’ invention pertains to disposable absorbent
articles such as diapers, sanitary napkins and the like having
a cellulosic transfer layer positioned adjacent to a primary
absorbent. Claim 1, a copy of which can be found in an
appendix to appellants’ main brief, is representative of the
appealed subject matter.
The following reference is relied upon by the examiner in
support of a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b):
Lemay et al. (Lemay) 5,374,260 Dec. 20,
1994
Claims 7, 8, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph, “as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which applicant[s] regard[] as the invention” (answer, page
3).
Claims 1-6, 9-17 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Lemay.
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007