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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PETER HEINRICH, HEINRICH KREYE and ERICH MUEHLBERGER
Appeal No. 2006-1096
Application No. 10/453,872
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-5,
8-11, and 15-18. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A process for producing a coating on a work piece
or a molding by a cold gas spraying process, comprising
releasing a carrier gas in a cold gas spray gun and
accelerating the spray particles to a velocity sufficient to
raise the temperature of the particles so that the particles
adhere to the work piece/molding, wherein the cold gas
spraying process is carried out at a pressure below 800
mbar.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
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