Appeal No. 1998-2833
Application No. 08/585,403
indicated
that claims 11 through 18 are objected to as being dependent
upon a rejected claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in
independent form including all of the limitations of the base
claim and any intervening claims. Accordingly, the appeal as
to claims 1 through 9, 11 through 18 and 36 through 39 is
dismissed, leaving claims 10 and 19 for our consideration.
We REVERSE.
The invention relates to a honing tool having a holder, a
bundle of monofilaments extending a short distance from the
holder with the tips of the monofilaments forming the working
face of the tool and the entire bundle being infused with and
encapsulated in a matrix of an elastomer (specification, page
4). The claims on appeal are reproduced below:
10. A honing tool comprising a holder, a compact bundle of
abrasive containing monofilaments projecting a short distance
from the holder with the tips of the monofilaments forming the
working face of the tool, the interstices between said
monofilaments being substantially completely filled with a
foamed elastomer providing increased lateral stability to the
projecting portion of the monofilaments of the bundle and
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