Appeal No. 1999-0778 Application No. 08/710,685 The appellants claim a refined magnesium or magnesium alloy ingot or billet which has a recited composition and has no substantial porosity. Claim 18 is illustrative:1 1The appellants’ specification (page 9, lines 14-16; page 9, line 24 - page 10, line 2) indicates that “no substantial porosity” means that the ingot or billet has less than 5 pores per 40 cm which are larger than 0.5 mm in2 diameter, and has at most 100 pores per 40 cm which are 2 smaller than 0.5 mm in diameter. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007