The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TATUHIRO GOTO, TSUYOSHI SAITO, MASAHIRO OZAWA, and HARUO NAGATANI __________ Appeal No. 2002-1603 Application 09/320,853 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 4 and 5. Claim 2, the only other claim remaining in the application, has been withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as being drawn to a non-elected species. Claim 3 has been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007