Appeal No. 2001-2629 Page 2
Application No. 08/931,080
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a two-part absorbent garment comprising a
reusable outer brief and a disposable inner absorbent liner. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the
appendix to the Substitute Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Enloe et al. (Enloe) 4,846,825 Jul. 11, 1989
Stevens et al. (Stevens) 4,892,598 Jan. 9, 1990
Cooper 5,087,253 Feb. 11,1992
Gagnon 5,217,447 Jun. 8, 1993
German Offenlegungsschrift DE 26 48 932 May 3, 19781
(Reindl)
French Patent Application 2,606,257 May 13, 19881
(Pigneul)
PCT Application (Schmitz) WO 95/02382 Jan. 26, 1995
As stated by the examiner on pages 5 and 6 of the Answer, the standing
rejections are:2
1Our understanding of this foreign language reference was obtained through a PTO translation, a
copy of which is enclosed.
2Rejections of claims 11, 16, 18 and 19 as being anticipated by Schmitz under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b), of claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19 as being unpatentable over Schmitz under 35 U.S.C.
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