Appeal No. 2000 0921
Application No. 08/366,090
mechanical fastener component1 joined to the substrate, with the
fastening tab having a Gurley stiffness value2 of less than about
1000 milligrams in the area of the fastening tab that includes the
first mechanical fastener component. Appellants’ invention also
pertains to a disposable product (claims 12-33 and 54) and to a
disposable absorbent product (claims 34-53) comprising a mechanical
fastening tab as described above. According to appellants,
mechanical fastening tabs in accordance with the invention have
improved flexibility. A further understanding of the claimed
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which
appears in the appendix to appellants’ brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Flug et al. (Flug) 5,401,275 Mar. 28, 1995
(filed Sept. 11, 1991)
Roessler et al. (Roessler) 5,176,670 Jan. 5, 1993
1As stated on page 6 of appellants’ specification, “a first
mechanical fastener component is intended to refer to a material
which is adapted to mechanically interlock with a second
material. . . . In the illustrated embodiment, the first
mechanical fastener component is the hook portion of a hook-and-
loop fastener.”
2Reference is made to pages 17-18 of appellants’
specification for an explanation of a suitable technique for
determining Gurley stiffness values.
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