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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YING MA and YOICHIRO ITO ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3811 Application No. 08/357,845 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-7. Claims 8-20, which are all of the other claims pending in this application, have been withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as drawn to non-elected inventions.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007