Appeal No. 2003-1450 2
Application No. 09/640,325
refusing to allow claims 1 through 9, which are all the claims pending in this application.1
THE INVENTION
The invention is directed to a method for treating diaper rash using an applicator
having a particular structure. Additional limitations are described in the following
illustrative claims.
THE CLAIMS
Claims 1 and 8 are illustrative of appellant’s invention and are reproduced below.
1. A method for treating diaper rash comprising applying an anti-diaper rash agent from
an applicator to the skin of a baby wherein the applicator comprises an elongated housing
containing said anti-diaper rash agent, an elliptically domed applicator portion at one end
of the housing and slots formed through said elliptical domed applicator portion and a
means for forcing said cream of said applicator through said elongated slots in said
elliptically domed applicator portion.
8. The applicator according to claim 7 wherein said elliptically domed applicator portion is
made from a plastic containing an antibacterial agent.
THE REFERENCES OF RECORD
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following references:
Moss 4,816,254 Mar. 28 1989
Dornbusch et al. 5,547,302 Aug. 20, 1996
Franta et al. (Franta) 5,879,096 Mar. 09 1999
Eguchi et al. (Eguchi) JP 10029907 Mar. 02 1998
1Claims 10 and 11 have been allowed by the examiner. See Answer, page 2.
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