Appeal No. 97-4177
Application No. 08/502,276
references. See Uniroyal, Inc. v. Rudkin-Wiley Corp., 837
F.2d 1044, 1051, 5 USPQ2d 1434, 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1988) and
Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil, 774 F.2d 1132, 1142-43,
227 USPQ 543, 550-51 (Fed. Cir. 1985). Here, we find no such
suggestion.
Powell, while teaching the use of flexible strapping
material as bridging between joists, teaches that the
procedure for using such material is to: (1) first, provide an
indeterminate length of such material, (2) second, fasten one
end of the strapping material to one of the joists, (3) third,
thread the other or free end of the strapping material "over
and under" the joists (page 1, line 54), (4) fourth, place the
entire length of strapping material under a predetermined
tension by engaging the other or free end with a tensioning
tool 4,5,6 and (5) fifth, nail the strapping material to the
tops and bottoms of the joists. Paine, while teaching that
the bridging between adjacent joists may be formed by two
bracing members c,c which are adjustably connected together
(see Fig. 3), provides no teaching or suggestion of tensioning
these members. RAPZ is not concerned with providing bridging
between joists but, instead, merely teaches the joining
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