The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte DANIEL WILDMANN and CHRISTA BUCHMANN ______________ Appeal No. 2003-0517 Application 08/899,848 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-16. Representative claim 10 is reproduced below: 10. A method for following the common edge of sheet metal blanks before welding the edges together and/or for inspecting the edges or a weld seam formed at the edges after welding, comprising: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007