Patent 7883398 was granted and assigned to Saint-Gobain Abrasives on February, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An abrasive tool, suitable for cutting, slotting, grinding and polishing hard materials, such as ceramics, metals, and composites thereof, and methods for making same. The tool includes a plurality of pores positioned in an abrasive region adjacent an outer circumference of the disk. The pores have any predetermined shape, size and position relative to one another.