Ex parte RUSSELL - Page 5




          Appeal No. 97-4209                                                          
          Application No. 08/532,507                                                  


          marble and granite.  Aside from sharing the disclosure of a                 
          grinding wheel, the grinding wheels and materials that are                  
          ground by the grinding wheels of Miller and Quintilio have                  
          little in common.  In our view, the only suggestion for                     
          combining such disparate structures in the manner proposed by               
          the examiner stems from hindsight knowledge derived from                    
          appellant's own disclosure.  Therefore, we will not sustain                 
          the examiner's rejection of claims 20, 21, 29                               























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