Appeal No. 1999-0929
Application No. 08/514,986
that Matsui does not include coupling means as set forth in
claim 17 as there is no element which both couples strips (95,
95’) together and insulates one from the other.
In response, we first observe that appellants did not
argue this aspect of the claimed subject matter (i.e., the
"means for coupling" portion of claim 17) in their Main Brief,
and that such a new argument in a request for rehearing would
normally not be
3
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007