The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOACHIM SCHONBECK,
HERBERT QAMBUSCH and HANS HOPPMANN
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Appeal No. 2005-0614
Application No. 09/171,735
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, PAK, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 6-8,
12 and 13.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a process for
producing hot-rolled steel strip from a continuously cast precursor
strip. The process comprises receiving at a first deformation
stage the continuous precursor strip of a complete casting sequence
directly from a continuous casting plant in which the continuous
precursor strip is produced and rolling the continuous precursor
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