Appeal No. 2007-0752 Page 3
Application No. 09/957,109
Claims 4 and 11-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the combination of Unger and Everhart.
Claims 7-10 and 16-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the combination of Unger and Hines with or without Everhart.
We reverse.
DISCUSSION
Claim Construction:
For clarity we reproduce appellants’ figures 1, 2 and 7 below:
Claim 1 is drawn to a convertible pantiliner like 1 and 6. The pantiliner 1
and 6 includes a liner 20, a baffle 30 and an absorbent core 25 between the liner
and baffle. The pantiliner 1 and 6 also comprises at least one embossed fold line
2 and 7 that does not penetrate the baffle 30. The embossed fold line 2 and 7
defines a central area 3 and 8 and two periphery side areas 4, 5, 9, and 10. The
central area 3 and 8 has two longitudinal ends, with the first longitudinal end
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