Appeal 2006-1312
Application 09/955,604
30. A production tool suitable for use in manufacturing an abrasive
article comprising a plurality of cavities defining at least a first, a second,
and a third group, wherein a first group of cavities has a first shape, a second
group of cavities has a second shape, a third group of cavities has a third
shape, wherein the first, second, and third shapes are all different, and
wherein each of the cavities has a single opening.
136. A production tool suitable for use in manufacturing an abrasive
article comprising a first, second, and third row of cavities, wherein the
cavities each have a geometric shape including a base and a plurality of base
edge lengths forming the base of the geometric shape, wherein at least one of
the base edge lengths of the first row of cavities is different from all the base
edge lengths of the second and third rows of cavities, wherein at least one of
the base edge lengths of the second row of cavities is different from all the
base edge lengths of the first and third row of cavities, and wherein each of
the cavities has a single opening.
138. The production tool of claim 136, wherein the geometric shape
of the cavities in the first, second, and third rows are pyramidal.
The references relied on by the Examiner are:
Rochlis US 3,312,583 Apr. 4, 1967
Bloecher US 4,799,939 Jan. 24, 1989
Larson US 4,903,440 Feb. 27, 1990
Pieper US 5,152,917 Oct. 6, 1992
The Examiner has rejected appealed claims 23, 24, 30 through 32, 89,
90, 92, 93, 134 through 136, 138 through 143, and 145 through 148 under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Pieper in view of Rochlis and
either of Larson or Bloecher (Answer 4-8), and has provisionally rejected
appealed claims 23, 24, 30 through 32, 89, 90, 92, 93, 134 through 136,
138 through 143 and, 145 through 148 under the judicially created doctrine
of obviousness-type-double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 23,
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