Appeal No. 1996-4124
Application No. 08/307,088
Thus, we find that Hahn teaches that throughout the grinding
process the grinding force is continuously sampled.
Accordingly, we find that Hahn’s teaching of monitoring
grinding force is commensurate with the scope of the claim 28
limitation of "continuous measuring of the grinding force."
C) Suggestion to Combine Hahn and Loehrke
On pages 11 and 12 of the brief, Appellant asserts that
there is no motivation to combine Hahn and Loehrke. Appellant
states "no disclosure or suggestion in any of the references
can be found which would lead one of ordinary skill in the art
to combine their various features. That separate features of
different references may not be properly combined in the
absence
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