FIGURE below is a top plan view of a portion of a sanitary napkin embodying our new design, with the bottom plan view being a mirror image. The broken lines shown in the figure is for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a portion of a sanitary napkin, as shown and described.

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D24/124

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Louis S. Zarfas

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D543622-S	S1	29 May 2007	15 Nov 2004	granted	Portion of a sanitary napkin
US	US-D543623-S	S1	29 May 2007	9 May 2005	granted	Portion of a sanitary napkin

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-105245-S	S	26 Jul 2005	12 Dec 2003	granted	Sanitary napkin
CA	CA-111229-S	S	26 Jul 2005	12 Dec 2003	granted	Sanitary napkin
CA	CA-111230-S	S	26 Jul 2005	12 Dec 2003	granted	Sanitary napkin
CA	CA-111231-S	S	26 Jul 2005	12 Dec 2003	granted	Sanitary napkin

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