Appeal No. 1998-1807
Application No. 08/090,770
found in or fully met by the reference. Kalman v. Kimberly
Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 771, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir.
1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
Appellants argue that neither Wiand nor Hammar teaches a
method of making a plateau honing tool having an elongated
mounting base, and an elongated projecting section which
termin-ates in an elongated working face (main Brief, pages 9
and 10).
The examiner's position is that Wiand and Hammar disclose
methods of making surface finishing tools and that all surface
finishing tools are honing tools. (Answer, pages 7 and 10).
The examiner relies upon a dictionary definition of the verb
“hone” to establish that the words "a plateau honing tool" are
broad enough to encompass the marble and stone polishing pad
of Wiand and the abrasive dental articles of Hammar (first
supplemental
Answer, page 2). We note, however, that the complete
definition cited by the examiner reads “to sharpen or smooth
with a whetstone” and that neither Wiand nor Hammar discusses
the use of a whetstone. Thus, the definition cited by the
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