Appeal No. 2000-2185 Page 9
Application No. 08/834,777
NEW GROUND OF REJECTION
Pursuant to our authority under 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we
enter the following new ground of rejection.
Claims 35 and 43 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Roessler in view of the conventional
practice of packaging a plurality of disposable diapers in a
single package.
Roessler, as discussed supra, discloses a disposable
diaper comprising an outer cover 11, a bodyside liner
(topsheet 21), an absorbent core (absorbent body 22) disposed
between the cover and liner, a pair of elastic ear tabs (ear
portions 17, 18 of the elastic topsheet 21 and stretchable
cover 11) and at least one mechanical fastener. The
mechanical fastener comprises a hook-and-loop type fastener
including a hook material (stemlike projections) 31 extending
from a base sheet (tab 30) attached to one of the ear tabs by
adhesive part 30a and separate tape piece 32. The hook
material 31 is releasably engaged (“lightly attaches”) with
the elastic ear tab 17 or 18 in a storage position to protect
the hook material.
Roessler does not expressly disclose packaging of a
plurality of the disclosed disposable diapers in a package.
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