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is not binding precedent of the Board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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte VERONIQUE SARDOY,
GILLES DAHMEN, ISABELLE POISSONNET,
ANNE BLANCHARD, PASCAL CHOQUET
AND BERNARD DEBIESME
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Appeal No. 2002-1609
Application No. 09/129,238
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, PAWLIKOWSKI, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 8-17, 19, and 21.
Claim 8 is representative of the subject matter on appeal,
and is set forth below:
8. Process for producing a thin sheet of ultra-low-carbon
steel, said process comprising:
-producing a killed and vacuum-degassed steel comprising, by
weight, between 0.10 and 0.35% manganese, less than 0.006%
nitrogen, less than 0.025% phosphorus, less than 0.020% sulphur,
less than 0.02% silicon, a total amount of the elements copper,
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