Ex parte FUSSNEGGER 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 39                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                            Ex parte WOLFGANG FUSSNEGGER                              
                              and HARALD BRINKSCHROEDER                               
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0193                                  
                                Application 08/552,174                                
                                     ___________                                      
                                HEARD: March 21, 2001                                 
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          Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                    
          Judges.                                                                     
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Wolfgang Fussnegger et al. appeal from the final                       
          rejection of claims 1 through 10, all of the claims pending in              
          the application.                                                            
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to a welded joint between a sheet-               
          steel component and a light sheet metal component, and to a                 



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