Ex parte SATO et al. - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      

          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written
          for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.

                                                               Paper No. 29           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    ____________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    ____________                                      
                        Ex parte FUMIE SATO, KATSUAKI MIYAJI                          
                                 and TAKEHIRO AMANO                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 1997-0158                                  
                             Application No. 08/026,681                               
                                    ____________                                      
                              HEARD: February 22, 2000                                
                                    ____________                                      
          Before GARRIS, PAK, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                           


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 1 and 17 through 23.  Claims 3 through 7                
          and 14 through 16, the remaining claims in this application,                
          stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being                 
          drawn to nonelected inventions.                                             
               According to appellants (Brief, page 4), the appealed                  
          claims are grouped as follows:                                              





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