Appeal No. 2000-0855
Application No. 08/597,377
(main brief, p. 29) that claim 25 is not anticipated by
Proxmire is not well taken and we will sustain the rejection
of this claim under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by Proxmire
as well.
Claims 5, 12 through 14 and 17
Claim 5 calls for the elastic band to include at least
two regions having different bonding patterns and different
elasticity. The language “the elastic band includes . . .
different bonding patterns” refers to the locations at which
the material layers are joined to one another, not to a
bonding pattern used to bond the elastic band to the body of
the diaper. Claim 17 calls for an additional elastic band
affixed to each leg margin with each band having at least two
regions having different bonding patterns and different
elasticity. The
examiner does not identify where in the Proxmire patent it is
disclosed that the laminar fabric includes at least two
regions having different bonding patterns and different
with pressure and sometimes with an intermediate or filler metal having a high
melting point."
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