The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte A. TODD LEAK, APIROMRAJ S. ROSLANSKY, PAUL T. VAN GOMPEL, GEORGIA L. ZEHNER, EDWARD H. RUSCHER, and YUNG HSIANG HUANG Appeal No. 2000-0921 Application No. 08/366,090 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-54, all the claims pending in the application. Appellants’ invention pertains to a mechanical fastener tab suitable for use on a disposable absorbent product (claims 1-11), wherein the fastening tab comprises a substrate and a firstPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007