The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HIDEAKI KATASHIBA, SATOSHI WACHI, KENRO MITSUDA, and KOUJI HAMANO ____________ Appeal No. 2003-1560 Application No. 09/899,985 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5, 10, 11 and 13. Claims 6-9, which are all of the other claims pending in this application, have been withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as drawn to a non-elected invention.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007