The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CHRISTOPHER H. SHERIDAN ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0023 Application No. 08/374,907 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, NASE, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 3 through 9, 11 through 15, and 18 through 25. Claims 16 and 17 stand allowed. These claims constitute all of the claims remaining in the application. Appellant’s invention pertains to a liquid pervious thin film or fabric sheet of synthetic and/or natural materials that has been treated with a substantially non-aqueous composition intended to be the liquid pervious topsheet of a disposablePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007