The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FRITZ-PETER PLESCHIUTSCHNIGG __________ Appeal No. 2002-1447 Application 09/167,776 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ 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: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007