Appeal No. 2000-1978 Page 9
Application No. 08/898,905
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Le Bolt is
reversed.
The anticipation rejection based upon Polski
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 19 to 23 and
31 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Polski.
Polski's invention is concerned with a side closure
system for disposable diapers comprised of two separate
fastening systems, one adhesive type fastening system and one
nonadhesive fastening system. Figure 2 shows the disposable
diaper as it would appear while being worn. As shown in
Figures 1 and 2, the disposable diaper 10 is a three-layer
composite including a liquid permeable, user contacting top
sheet 12, a liquid-impervious outer shell or back sheet 14 and
an absorbent layer 16. At the back 18 of the diaper are
corners 20 that overlap with corresponding corners 21 at the
front panel 22 of the diaper when the diaper is worn. On the
top sheet side of the diaper at each of the corners 20 is
located a release treated, non-woven release tab 24 and on the
outer shell or backsheet 14 at the front corners 21 of the
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