Ex Parte Wallstrom - Page 1



                    The opinion in support of the decision being                      
                    entered today was not written for publication                     
          and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte LEIF WALLSTROM                                
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                                Appeal No. 2005-0580                                  
                             Application No. 09/732,871                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          Per Curiam                                                                  
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Leif Wallstrom appeals from the final rejection (mailed                
          August 20, 2003) of claims 1 through 3, 6, 8, 9 and 16, all of              
          the claims pending in the application.                                      

                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The invention relates to “an absorbent structure in an                 
          absorbent article such as a diaper, incontinence guard, sanitary            
          napkin, wound dressing, bed protection and the like, formed from            
          at least two superposed layers of one or more web-shaped                    







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