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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 Claims 3 through 7 and 14 through 16, the remaining claims in this application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being drawn to nonelected inventions.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:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007