Appeal No. 2001-2586
Application No. 08/856,501
The claimed invention is directed to a method for making an
abrasive tool. A stencil is placed against a tool body and a
brazing paste is placed in the cavities of the stencil. After
the stencil is removed to form parcels of brazing paste on the
tool body, abrasive grains are deposited in the parcels. Then
the tool is thermally processed to braze the abrasive grains to
the cutting surface.
The claimed subject matter may be further understood with
reference to the appealed claims appended to appellants' brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Steindler 4,510,990 May 12, 1970
Tselesin 5,380,390 Jan. 10, 1995
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Tselesin in view of Steindler. The examiner
states that to apply the technique of Tselesin to a curved
surface of a preform to form a patterned abrasive member would
have been obvious in view of Steindler.
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