Ex Parte PLESCHIUTSCHNIGG - Page 1



          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                        Ex parte FRITZ-PETER PLESCHIUTSCHNIGG                         
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1447                                  
                               Application 09/167,776                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before PAK, OWENS and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-8, which           
          are all of the claims in the application.                                   
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellant claims a process and an apparatus for                    
          continuously casting thin slabs.  Claim 5, directed toward the              
          apparatus, is illustrative:                                                 
               5.   A continuous casting installation for producing thin              
          slabs, comprising:                                                          

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