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          Appeal No. 2002-0183                                                        
          Application No. 09/379,570                                                  


                                      Appendix                                        
                                       Claim 1                                        

          1.  An aluminum alloy forging comprising                                    
                    Mg: 0.6 - 1.6% (mass% here and hereinafter),                      
                    Si: 0.6 - 1.8%,                                                   
                    Cu: 0.05 - 1.0%,                                                  
                    Fe: 0.30% or less,                                                
                    one or more of Mn: 0.15 - 0.6% and Cr: 0.1 - 0.2%                 
                    Zr: 0.05 - 0.2%,                                                  
                    hydrogen: 0.25 cc/100 g A1 or less, and                           
                    a balance of A1 and inevitable impurities,                        
                    wherein the aluminum alloy forging is produced by                 
               a process comprising                                                   
                         casting an aluminum alloy at a cooling rate                  
               of 10ºC/sec or higher to form a cast aluminum alloy                    
               ingot,                                                                 
                         subjecting the cast aluminum alloy ingot to a                
               soaking heat treatment at a temperature of 530-600ºC,                  
               and                                                                    
                         then hot forging the cast aluminum alloy                     
               ingot, and wherein a volume fraction of total                          
               constituents phase particles(Mg2Si and Al-Fe-Si-Mn, Cr,                
               Zr) series intermetallic compounds) in the aluminum                    
               alloy forging is 1.5% or less per unit area.                           





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