Appeal No. 97-4260
Application 08/445,660
Reading the "non-linear arrangement" limitation of claims 8
and 14 on this figure, there are a plurality (two) of
adjacent bosses, "a" and "b", which are in a "non-linear2
arrangement" (as defined by appellants) because a line through
their centers does not intersect the center of any adjacent
boss, e.g., bosses "c", "d", "e", "f" or "g". Thus, Shuert
2Appellants assert in their reply brief that "adjacent" means
"relatively near and having nothing of the same kind intervening." Bosses
"a" and "b" meet this definition.
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