The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ICHIRO FUJIEDA and TAKESHI SAITO ________________ Appeal No. 2001-0390 Application 08/932,238 ________________ HEARD: JANUARY 22, 2003 ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-6 and 43-52. Claims 7- 42 stand withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non- elected invention. Amendments after final rejection were filed on November 24, 1999 and March 8, 2000 and were entered by the examiner. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007