Ex parte NITTEL et al. - Page 1




          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 
          the Board.                                                                  
                                                       Paper No. 21                   
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                            Ex parte KLAUS-DIETER NITTEL                              
                                 and KARL-HEINZ NUSS                                  
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-3059                                  
                               Application 08/554,288                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before OWENS, TIMM, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of               
          claims 1-5, which are all of the claims remaining in the                    
          application.                                                                
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants claim a process for the electroless                     
          deposition of copper onto an iron or iron alloy surface using               
          a solution containing magnesium as well as copper and hydrogen              


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