Appeal 2007-1017
Application 10/204,997
1 4. Applicant’s Specification provides further notice that the
2 “invention is not to be unduly limited to the illustrative
3 embodiments...” (Specification 10.)
4 5. Figure 2, which consists of three views, is said to be one such
5 illustrative embodiment. (Specification 4:2 and 4:14-16.)
6 6. Figure 2B is reproduced as follows:
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8 7. Figure 2B is said to depict a side view of the Figure 2
9 embodiment in which relevant reference numerals 200, 201,
10 and 206 denote the apparatus, the abrasive wheel, and a
11 material to be abraded, respectively. (Specification 4:2-7.)
12 8. Relying on the Figure 2B embodiment, Applicant attempted to
13 amend claims 1 and 12 (post final rejection) to recite that the
14 rotation of the wheel is “generally perpendicular to the edge” of
15 the plate (claim 1) and “in a direction perpendicular to the edge
16 to be abraded” (claim 12). (37 CFR § 1.116 Amendment
17 submitted on November 8, 2005.)
18 9. The November 8, 2005 Amendment was denied entry because,
19 inter alia, it raised new issues requiring further consideration
20 and/or search. (Advisory Action entered November 17, 2005;
21 Answer 2.)
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