Appeal No. 1999-0023
Application No. 08/374,907
absorbent article such as a diaper or incontinent brief, an
incontinent bed sheet or pad, and a wound dressing. A basic
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claims 3, 18, and 23 through 25, respective copies of
which appear in the APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 13).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Buck et al 4,263,363 Apr. 21, 1981
(Buck)
Pregozen 5,141,803 Aug. 25, 1992
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 3 through 9 and 11 through 15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Pregozen.
Claims 18 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Pregozen in view of Buck.
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer (Paper
2
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