Appeal No. 2004-0694
Application 09/839,741
Appellants’ invention is directed to an absorbent article or
sanitary napkin having flaps and, more particularly, to the
packaging of such an article having a cleansing wipe associated
therewith. As can be seen in Figures 1-3 and 6-8 of the
application drawings, when packaged or in folded form just prior
to use, the flaps (28) of the sanitary napkin are folded over the
topsheet (22) in a topsheet facing relationship that promotes the
cleanliness of the topsheet, at least in a central area thereof,
and are maintained in that folded disposition by an enclosed
pouch (70) releasably affixed to the flaps. The enclosed pouch
has a cleansing wipe article (80) disposed therein. Independent
claims 1 and 11 are representative of the subject matter on
appeal and a copy of those claims may be found in the Appendix to
appellants’ brief.
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims is:
Fisher et al. (Fisher ‘230) 5,569,230 Oct. 29, 1996
Claims 1 through 3, 6, 8, 11 through 13, 16 and 18 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Fisher
‘230.
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