Ex parte SCHURKO et al. - Page 1




                                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                             
                    The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written                                                                         
                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                        
                                                                                                                        Paper No. 27                                       

                                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                      
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                                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                      
                                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                      
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                                                           Ex parte ROBERT J. SCHURKO                                                                                      
                                                                and FRANK G. SPENNATI                                                                                      
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                                                                   Appeal No. 95-2637                                                                                      
                                                              Application 08/128,0511                                                                                      
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                                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                                      
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                    Before RONALD H. SMITH, KIMLIN and PAK, Administrative Patent                                                                                          
                    Judges.                                                                                                                                                
                    RONALD H. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                          

                                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                      
                              This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-17,                                                                                   
                    all the pending claims in the application.                                                                                                             
                              The subject matter relates to a method for controlling the                                                                                   
                    rolling temperature of the steel pieces by continuously modifying                                                                                      
                    conditions in the reheat furnace in a steel mill.  Claim 4 is                                                                                          

                              1     Application for patent filed September 28, 1993. According to                                                                          
                    appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/742,770, filed                                                                         
                    August 9, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                                                                         
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