Appeal 2007-2825
Application 10/262,036
1 In any event, P&G does not indicate that experimental testing of the
2 claimed devices vis-à-vis any prior art device appears in the specification.
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4 Claims on appeal
5 P&G does not argue the separate patentability of claims 2-20 or 22
6 apart from claim 1. Accordingly, all claims stand or fall with claim 1.
7 Claim 1 reads [drawing numbers added]:
8 A sanitary napkin for use in a vulvar region of an adult woman,
9 said vulvar region comprising skin and hair and being subject to
10 contact with menstrual fluid, said sanitary napkin comprising:
11 A) a liquid impervious backsheet 16;
12 B) a liquid pervious, topsheet 14 joined to said backsheet, said
13 topsheet having an inner surface oriented toward the interior of
14 said absorbent article and an outer surface oriented toward the
15 skin and hair of the wearer when said sanitary napkin is being
16 worn, wherein at least a portion of said topsheet outer surface
17 comprises an effective amount of a lotion coating 22 which is
18 semi-solid or solid at 20 degrees C. said lotion coating
19 comprising:
20 (i) from about 10 to about 95% of a substantially water
21 free emollient having a plastic or fluid consistency at 20
22 degrees C. wherein said emollient contains 5% or less
23 water, said emollient comprising a member selected from
24 the group consisting of petroleum-based emollients, fatty
25 acid ester emollients, alkyl ethoxylate emollients, and
26 mixtures thereof;
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