The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRANCIS BRIAND,
CHRISTIAN BONNET and PHILIPPE LEFEBVRE
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Appeal No. 2005-0582
Application No. 09/870,014
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2,
7-9, 15, 16 and 18-25, all of the claims remaining in the present
application. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A process for welding one or more metal workpieces to be
joined together by producing at least one welded joint between
edges to be welded of said metal workpiece or workpieces, said
workpiece or workpieces being made of steel, by using at least
one laser beam and at least one electric arc, in which process,
during welding of the joint, shielding at least one part of a
welding zone comprising at least one part of said welded joint
during welding with at least one shielding atmosphere formed by
a ternary gas mixture consisting of:
argon;
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