Appeal No. 2004-1926
Application 09/714,670
THE INVENTION
The appellant claims a process for bright annealing and then
electrolytically cleaning a stainless steel article. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A process for producing a stainless steel article
having improved surface properties, comprising the steps of:
annealing a stainless steel article in a bright annealing
furnace in a presence of a bright annealing atmosphere at a
temperature and for sufficient time to produce a bright annealed
finish on said article; and
thereafter treating said stainless steel article in an
electrolyte solution and applying an electric current to said
electrolyte solution at a current density of up to about 200
A/dm2.
THE REFERENCES
Zaremski 4,363,709 Dec. 14, 1982
Lovejoy 4,450,058 May 22, 1984
Kiyo1 63-86899 Apr. 18, 1988
(Japanese kokai)
Robert B. Ross, Handbook of Metal Treatments and Testing 173
(Halsted Press 1977).
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Science and Engineering 119 (Sybil P.
Parker ed., McGraw-Hill 1984).
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1 Citations herein to Kiyo are to the English translation
thereof which is of record.
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