Appeal No. 2001-0592
Application 09/110,824
appellant notes that the present invention requires no flexing
and cracking of the abrasive layers, thus avoiding the problem
of crack patterns being developed which might propagate with
disastrous results.
Independent claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on
appeal and a copy of that claim can be found in the Appendix
to appellant’s brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Trinkle 2,178,381 Oct. 31,
1939
Cherrington 2,189,754 Feb. 13,
1940
Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Cherrington in view of
Trinkle. The examiner notes that Cherrington discloses an
abrasive belt, but fails to disclose a pattern of holes like
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