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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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 DAVID JOHN TYRRELL, CHANTEL SPRING BUHROW, DAVID ROLAND
OTTS, DUANE GERARD KRZYSIK, EARL DAVID BROCK, JAMES LOUIS CAHALL,
and SAMUEL QCHENG LIN
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Appeal No. 2005-1186
Application No. 09/746,872
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, OWENS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1-7, and 10-57.
Claims 1 and 21 are representative of the subject matter on
appeal, and are set forth below:
1. An absorbent article comprising:
(a) an outer cover;
(b) a liquid permeable bodyside liner that defines a
bodyfacing surface and that is connected in superposed
relation to the outer cover;
(c) an absorbent body that is located between the bodyside
liner and the outer cover; and
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