Appeal No. 2000-0584
Application No. 08/845,673
fully met by the reference. Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.,
713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
The examiner’s determination (see page 2 in the final
rejection) that the German reference discloses each and every
element of the grinding wheel recited in claim 51 is well
founded. In this regard, the German disc’s bearing section 9,
ring 8, metal strip 1 and sintered abrasive layer 6 meet the
limitations in claim 51 relating to the base member, annular
module, metallic ring and sintered abrasive coating,
respectively. The appellant’s contention (see page 5 in the
brief) that the German reference does not respond to the claim
limitation requiring the inner circumference of the metallic ring
to be free of the abrasive coating is belied by the relationship
between the abrasive material/layer 2, 6 and the metal strip
2 shown in Figures 14 and 15. The appellant’s other argument
(see page 5 in the brief) that the German reference is not
anticipatory because it discloses direct contact between the
abrasive layer and the plastic bearing section is also
unconvincing since claim 51 does not actually exclude such
contact.
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