Appeal No. 2001-1894 Application No. 09/108,741 caps, as required by claim 1, since Riefler’s caps 8, 14 (as identified by the examiner at page 6 of the answer) are not connected to blocks 1 by any of the bands 3 to 7 (band 7 goes under the caps 14, as shown in Fig. 1). Also, Riefler’s rods 11 are not considered to be bands or strips, as discussed above in connection with Larger and Powers. 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007