Appeal No. 1999-2630
Application 08/341,464
inhibiting adherence of the adhesive face, said outer end of
said substrate means having an outermost part, said printed
masking means being provided on the adhesive face at said
outermost part of said outer end, said printed masking means
being in contact with said release face, said printed masking
means extending across said width of said tape whereby said
printed masking means is cut from a printed masking means
continuum extending along the length of said fastener tape
stock, said printed masking means
being peelable and liftable from said release face along with
said adhesive face for easy-start initiation of said peeling
from said one part of the diaper, and said printed masking
means being thereafter reusable both (1) to open said user
joint and (2) to subsequently reopen said user joint after
refastening thereof.
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 6 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as being based on a specification lacking original
support for the invention now claimed.
Claims 6 and 9 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over U.S. Patent No. 4,801,480 to
Panza et al. (Panza) in view of U.S. Patent No. 4,107,811 to
Imsande and U.S. Patent No. 3,874,893 to Cherrin.
Reference is made to the appellants’ main, reply and
supplemental reply briefs (Paper Nos. 29, 35 and 41) and to the
examiner’s answer (Paper No. 40) for the respective positions
of the appellants and the examiner with regard to the merits of
these rejections.
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