Appeal No. 1998-2537
Application 08/680,602
wheel it seems clear that the reference would have disclosed
this type of press in the preparation of the lay-ups at Col.
9, lines 57-61.” Merely pointing out that the prior art is
silent as to what the examiner feels should have been included
is not a disclosure or teaching in the reference itself and is
not a valid reason for rejection of a claim.
With regard to Huber, we also do not find any
teaching or suggestion of clamping a flat “green” wheel
between depressed center plates to form a depressed center
“green” wheel. Huber describes his process (col. 2, lines 50-
68) stating that after the mixture is poured and flattened or
vibrated smooth, the foil and reinforcing tissue are inserted
into the mold and compressed
“to obtain a grinding wheel blank 7 having the desired dimen-
sions.” After this molding process, the blank is tightened
firmly between clamping plates and then cured. There is no
mention of a depressed center clamp being used, nor does the
reference explicitly state that the mold is exclusively a flat
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