Appeal No. 1998-1807
Application No. 08/090,770
the backing substrate
or sheet to form the abrasive protrusions (col. 4, line 67
through col. 5, line 12).
While we agree with the examiner that the method taught by
Wiand is highly relevant to the steps recited in claim 1
following
the word “comprising,” we do not perceive any teaching in
Wiand of using the method taught therein to form a tool
having an elongated mounting base and a somewhat smaller
elongated projecting section which terminates in an elongated
working face. The only tool shape taught by the reference is
circular (see Figures 1, 5 and 6), not elongated.4
Hammar is concerned with abrasive dental articles,
including prophylactic cups, polishing wheels, points and
discs, made from a composition comprising abrasive particles
dispersed throughout and entrapped within a polyurea or
4The adjective “elongated” is defined as “stretched out: Lengthened:
esp: having a form notably long in comparison to its width.” Webster's Third
New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, G. & C.
Merriam Co., Springfield, MA, 1971. It would be normal usage to describe the
three-dimensional circular sheet represented in Wiand’s Figure 1 as having a
diameter and a thickness, but not as having a length and width.
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