Appeal No. 1997-3784
Application 08/495,297
protrusions and peripheral lip portion comprise an integrally
molded construction of thermoplastic or thermosetting material
containing an intimate mixture of abrasive grit material.
As conceded by the examiner (see page 10 in the main
answer), Wiand ‘795 does not meet the limitations in
independent claims 1 and 13 requiring the abrasive article to
be “coated” wherein a first adhesive layer is applied to the
raised portions and an abrasive material is deposited onto the
adhesive layer thereby coating the raised portions, with the
recessed areas between the raised portions remaining
substantially free of the abrasive material. Notwithstanding
the examiner’s position to the contrary, Wiand ‘795 also fails
to meet the limitations in claims 1 and 13 requiring the
recessed areas to extend around the periphery of the
substrate. As clearly shown in Figures 1 and 4, Wiand’s
peripheral lip portion 16, not the recessed areas between the
abrasive protrusions, extends around the periphery of the
Wiand ‘795 substrate (sheet portion 12). The examiner’s
attempt to explain away this discrepancy by characterizing the
“periphery” of Wiand’s substrate as the “area between the
outer most protrusions and the peripheral lip portion”
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