The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ___________ 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 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007