Ex Parte Steger et al - Page 6



          Appeal No. 2004-0694                                                        
          Application 09/839,741                                                      

          pouch maintaining said flaps in said topsheet facing                        
          relationship” and “said enclosed pouch being releasably affixed             
          to said flaps” as limiting the claimed subject matter to the                
          embodiments of the invention seen in Figures 3 and 7 of                     
          appellants’ application, since only in those embodiments does the           
          pouch itself actually perform the function of maintaining the               
          flaps in the topsheet facing folded position by being releasably            
          affixed to said flaps.  In the embodiments seen in Figures 4 and            
          5 of appellants’ application, the pouch (70) does not perform the           
          recited maintaining function, the release strip (46’), which                
          forms no part of the enclosed pouch, does so.                               














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