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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RALF NIEMEIER
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Appeal No. 2001-2320
Application 09/097,295
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Ralf Niemeier appeals from the final rejection of claims 1
through 31, all of the claims pending in the application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method of producing a metal
section having two limbs connected via a force-fitting joint.
Representative claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A method of producing a metal section, including the
steps of: making a groove in a first section limb by means of a
microstruture-changing material deformation; positioning an
abutting side of a second section limb in the groove situated on
an inside portion of the first section limb; and then applying a
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