The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TAKAYUKI KIJIMA and MASATAKA IDE ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0047 Application No. 09/350,3351 ____________ HEARD: June 11, 2003 ____________ Before FLEMING, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 2, 5, 9, 10, 12 and 13-17. Claims 1, 3, 4, 6-8, and 11 are withdrawn from consideration as being draw to non-elected species. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed July 09, 1999, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the Japanese Application No. 195942/1998, filed July 10, 1998.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007