Appeal No. 2000-0117 Page 5
Application No. 08/770,676
DesMarais et al. (DesMarais) 4,892,536 Jan.
9, 1990
Igaue et al. (Igaue) 5,171,239 Dec. 15,
1992
Matsushita 5,340,424 Aug. 23,
1994
Tabata 2 4-28364 Jan. 30, 1992
(Japanese Patent)
Nomura 3 5-42180 Feb. 23, 1993
(Japanese Publication)
Claims 1, 4 through 6, 8 and 10 through 12 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Matsushita
in view of Igaue and Daio.
Claims 2, 7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Matsushita in view of Igaue and
Daio as applied to claim 1, and further in view of DesMarais
and UniCharm.
2Both the brief and answer refer to this reference as
“Daio.” For consistency, we will continue to refer to this
reference as “Daio.”
3Both the brief and answer refer to this reference as
“UniCharm.” For consistency, we will continue to refer to
this reference as “UniCharm.”
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