Appeal No. 2000-0816
Application No. 08/938,875
Accordingly, we will reverse the rejections on appeal. Our
reasons follow.
Appellant is in apparent agreement with examiner’s
findings of fact with respect to the disclosure of the Suisse
reference. Suisse discloses a saw blade having a first gullet
at a first inclined angle to form a leading face of a tooth
and a second gullet at a second inclined angle to form a
trailing face of the tooth. Suisse further includes a planar
surface at a third (different from the second) angle to form a
cutting edge on the leading face of the tooth. Appellant
agrees with the examiner’s finding that such a construction
forms a cutting edge having a negative rake angle on the
leading face of the tooth. Thus, the difference between
Suisse and the claimed subject matter is that the planar
surface forms a cutting edge having a negative rake angle
rather than the claimed positive rake angle of appellant’s
subject matter on appeal.
Appellant also appears to be in agreement with the
examiner, that the reference to Ohlsson discloses a cutting
tooth on a saw with the leading edge provided with a positive
rake angle. In view of these findings of fact, the examiner
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