United States Federal Circuit

Board of Patent Appeals' decision, rejecting all claims of patent application for elastic training pants, reversed, where the placement of adhesive in spaced apart zones would not have been obvious when compared to the Nomura patent application, which suggested "intermittent" spacing of adhesive.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/18/2002
• Published 03/18/2002

Judges

• PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before MAYER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and MICHEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Meredith Martin Addy, Brinks, Hofer Gilson & Lione, of Chicago, IL, argued for appellants.   With her on the brief were Robert N. Carpenter and Henry L. Brinks.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda Moncys Isacson, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, VA, argued for appellee.   With her on the brief was John M. Whealan, Solicitor, and Mary Critharis, Associate Solicitor.