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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte DONALD R. ZACHARIAS
Appeal No. 2001-0220
Application No. 09/244,044
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, OWENS and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 13-19
and 24-32. Claims 20-23, the only other claims remaining in the
present application, have been objected to by the examiner as
being dependent upon rejected claims. Claims 13, 14 and 30 are
illustrative:
13. A tundish having a normal maximum operating level of
molten steel therein, said tundish comprising:
a floor having an outlet, a pour zone, and side walls
extending upwardly from said floor, said side walls extending
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