Appeal No. 2000-0855
Application No. 08/597,377
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a method of
securing an elastic band between two layers of at least
partially
meltable material (claims 1 and 3), an elastic structure
(claims 4 through 10, 20 through 22 and 24) and a diaper
including at least one elastic band (claims 11 through 19, 23
and 25). A copy of the appealed claims is reproduced in the
appendix to the appellants’ main brief (Paper No. 42).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Bianco 4,226,238 Oct. 07, 1980
Pieniak et al. 4,337,771 Jul. 06,
1982
(Pieniak)
Buell 4,397,645 Aug. 09, 1983
Sigl et al. 4,437,860 Mar. 20, 1984
(Sigl)
Hasse 4,657,539 Apr. 14, 1987
Lawson 4,695,278 Sep. 22, 1987
Proxmire et al. 4,770,656 Sep. 13, 1988
(Proxmire)
Richardson 4,816,026 Mar. 28, 1989
The appealed claims stand finally rejected on the
following grounds:
(1) claims 1, 4 through 6, 11 through 17, 19 and 25 stand
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