Appeal No. 2007-0188 Page 3
Application No. 10/683,789
DISCUSSION
Claim Interpretation:
Claim 10 is drawn to a wearable article. The wearable article comprises
three components: (1) a substrate; (2) a target area on the substrate; and (3) a
chemical detection system on the target area.
The target area includes a first and second sub-area. The sub-areas
receive a mammalian extract1. The chemical detection system comprises two
chemical compositions: a first chemical composition on the first sub-area of the
target area; and a second chemical composition on the second sub-area of the
target area. The first chemical composition detects the first lower level2 of a
mammalian substance3 in a mammalian extract and the second composition
detects the second higher level4 of a mammalian substance in a mammalian
extract. The chemical detection system also initiates two signals5. A first signal
in response to a first level of a mammalian substance in the first sub-area and a
1 Mammalian extract “refers to any fluid-containing matter which is extracted through the skin or
through any opening in a mammal. The term includes, without limitation, urine, feces,
perspiration, blood, menses, vaginal discharge, ear wax and the like.” Specification, page 3.
2 “The first level may be anything greater than zero . . . or may be anything greater than a normal
level. . . .” Specification, page 2.
3 The mammalian substance “includes any mammalian substance not normally found in the
mammalian extract, and any substance normally found which may be detected at higher or lower
than normal levels (i.e., abnormal levels).” Specification, page 3. “Exemplary mammalian
substances include hydrogen ion, ion aggregate (i.e., total ion concentration), nitrite, leucocytes,
glucose, ketones, blood, phenylanaline, bilirubin, urobilinogen, protein, albumin, specific
enzymes, and drugs.” Specification, page 2.
4 “The second level is greater than the first level.” Specification, page 2.
5 Signal “refers to any visual, audible, or other signal which alerts a wearer distinctively to a first
level of a substance being detected, and distinctively to a second higher level of the substance
being detected.” Specification, page 3.
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