Appeal No. 1999-2727
Application No. 08/809,315
rejections, and to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 13) and
reply brief (Paper No. 15) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied Spratt and Saytar references, and to
the respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
There does not appear to be any dispute that each of the
claims before us on appeal requires that the adhesive layer
comprise grains of each of the seven materials (corundum,
ceramics, limestone, glass, rubber, textiles and plastics)
recited in the claims. In other words, an adhesive layer2
2While appellant’s original claims provide written
descriptive support for the adhesive layer comprising all
seven of the recited grains, the remainder of appellant’s
specification does not appear to provide clear support or
antecedent basis for the combination of all of the recited
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