Appeal No. 1999-0023
Application No. 08/374,907
No. 14), while the complete statement of appellant’s argument can
be found in the brief (Paper No. 13).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the issues raised in this
appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered
appellant’s specification and claims,1 the applied teachings,2
and the respective viewpoints of appellant and the examiner. As
a consequence of our review, we make the determinations which
follow.
1 Claim 18 sets forth “The” disposable absorbent article for
the first time; thus, it would appear to be more appropriate for
“The” to be --A--.
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2 In our evaluation of the applied prior art, we have
considered all of the disclosure of each document for what it
would have fairly taught one of ordinary skill in the art. See
In re Boe, 355 F.2d 961, 965, 148 USPQ 507, 510 (CCPA 1966).
Additionally, this panel of the board has taken into account not
only the specific teachings, but also the inferences which one
skilled in the art would reasonably have been expected to draw
from the disclosure. See In re Preda, 401 F.2d 825, 826, 159
USPQ 342, 344 (CCPA 1968).
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