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          Appeal No. 2005-1988                                                         
          Application No. 09/822,651                                                   

                    a plurality of stems extending from each discrete                  
               polymeric region of the plurality of polymeric regions,                 
               wherein the plurality of stems is adapted to lock with                  
               the loop structures of the web.                                         
               56. A mechanical fastener comprising:                                   
                    a nonwoven web with at least one discrete                          
               polymeric region fused to a first major side of the                     
               nonwoven web such that polymer of the at least one                      
               discrete polymeric region is entangled with a fibrous                   
               surface of the nonwoven web; and                                        
                    a plurality of stems extending from the at least                   
               one discrete polymeric region.                                          


















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