Appeal 2007-2557
Application 10/094,866
language, has a support member extending from its center and also appears
to have a small indentation where the support member is secured. (See Figs.
3 & 4.)
9. The repeat pattern of Ley is best illustrated in Fig. 1. See the
bolded areas on each side of the figure, with the left side labeled to indicate
the repeating pattern.
10. The language of claim 1 does not exclude the support member
extending from the center of the loop, or its minor indentation, or require a
reversal of orientation of the strand. The loop continues “to form a . . .
partially open curve within itself through which another line [could] be
passed.” Webster’s 705.
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