Appeal No. 1999-2678
Application 08/704,705
sheet and the absorbent body/member (or its casing) to define
a first pouch that opens at the first opening and a second
pouch that opens at the second opening. Barrochelo, taken
alone or in any combination with Williams, Foreman and/or
Huffman, does not teach and would not have suggested this
structure. In this regard, the examiner’s determination (see
page 3 in the final rejection and page 6 in the answer) that
Barrochelo’s fabric sheet 122 (see Figures 11 and 12)
essentially corresponds to the flexible/tubular member recited
in claims 12, 24 and 28 is not well taken. Fabric sheet 122
is connected to Barrochelo’s top sheet 60 and lateral flaps
100 rather than to the top sheet and
absorbent body/member as claimed, and thus does not define the
particular pouch/opening construction required by claims 12,
24 and 28.
Thus, the references applied by the examiner do not
justify a conclusion that the differences between the subject
matter recited in claims 12, 24 and 28, and in claims 13
through 23, 25 through 27, 29 and 30 which depend therefrom,
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