Appeal No. 2004-1331 Page 2
Application No. 09/812,664
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to surface treatment disks, especially to such
surface treatment disks which are attachable to rotary tools (specification, p. 1). A copy
of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Stratford 1,779,682 Oct. 28, 1930
Barry et al. (Barry) 5,725,423 Mar. 10, 1998
Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook, Fourth Edition, Volume 1 Machining,
1983, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, page 11-57 (Handbook)
Claims 57 to 72 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the appellant regards as the invention.
Claims 53, 54, 57 and 58 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Handbook.
Claims 55, 56, 59 to 66 and 68 to 72 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Handbook and Stratford.
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