The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SVANTE THUREN and ROBERT KLING __________ Appeal No. 2004-0645 Application 09/194,968 ___________ HEARD: June 10, 2004 ___________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 14, all of the claims pending in this application. As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellants’ invention relates to absorbent garments of the type which are fastened around a user’s waist, such as diapers for both incontinence suffers as well as for baby/infant users, and 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007