Appeal No. 2004-0645
Application 09/194,968
articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we have made the determinations which follow.
Appellants’ independent claims 1 and 14 are each directed to
an absorbent garment of the type generally seen in Figure 1 of
the application and a securement or attachment system for such a
garment including at least two elongate first attachment strip
elements (11, 12, 13) provided in spaced relation on a first
waist portion (5) of the absorbent garment and a second
attachment strip element (14, 15) provided at each side of a
second waist portion (6) of the garment, wherein the first and
second attachment strip elements are adapted to cooperate with
each other for releasable attachment and fitting of the absorbent
garment about a user, and the second attachment strip elements
each have a major length dimension extending generally transverse
to the at least two first attachment strip elements and the major
length of each of the second attachment strip elements is greater
than the distance separating the at least two first attachment
strip elements.
Looking to the examiner's rejection of claims 1 through 3, 5
and 8 through 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
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