The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte NOZOMU KAWABE and TERUYUKI MURAI
Appeal No. 2003-0668
Application No. 09/530,451
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, PAK and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-9,
all the claims pending in the present application. Claims 1
and 7 are illustrative:
1. A highly fatigue-resistant steel wire comprising a
pearlite structure containing 0.8-1.0 mass % of C and 0.8-1.5
mass % of Si, wherein in the cross section of the steel wire an
average hardness in a region up to 100 :m from the surface
thereof is at least 50 higher than that of an inner region based
on micro-Vickers hardness.
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