The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HYUNG BYUM KIM, EUN JUNG KANG, EO YEON HWANG and DOO HONG KIM __________ Appeal No. 2006-1952 Application No. 09/750,744 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, CRAWFORD and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL The appellants appeal from a rejection of claims 23-37, which are all of the pending claims. THE INVENTION The appellants claim an absorbent article having a liquid pervious cover including a hydroentangled, hydroapertured spun-lace material. Claim 23 is illustrative: 23. An absorbent article, comprising a liquid pervious cover; an absorbent core; andPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
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