The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIDETOSHI ISHIDA, ATSUSHI NOMA, and DAISUKE UEDA __________ Appeal No. 2003-0173 Application 09/484,473 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WARREN, OWENS and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 8 and 11. Claims 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 13, which are all of the other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007