The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YUKIO MIYA, OSAMU SUGIYAMA, RYOTA KOIKE, TASKASHI TOIDA, SOSAKU KIMURA and KUNIHIKO KOKUBO ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0912 Application No. 08/913,187 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 3-9. Claims 10-33 have been withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non- elected invention, and claim 2 has been canceled. We AFFIRM.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007