Appeal No. 94-3812 Application 07/857,701 claims in appellant's appendix to his brief were not the claims on appeal. On March 14, 1994, appellant filed a reply brief responding to the new ground of rejection and a separate amendment on even date (Paper Numbers 24 and 25, respectively). On April 21, 1994, the examiner filed a supplemental Answer to appellant's reply brief wherein the examiner modified his new ground of rejection (Paper Number 26). The application was received at the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (the Board) on August 5, 1994. On October 21, 1996, the application was remanded to the examiner by one of the Board's Program and Resource Administrators for: (1) the signature of the Supervisory Primary Examiner approving the new ground of rejection; (2) stating the status of the amendment of March 14, 1994 ; and, (3) requiring a2 correct appendix to the brief containing the claims on appeal (Paper Number 27). The examiner responded to the remand in a paper captioned "Examiner's Answer" and filed on October 30, 1996, and The Program and Resource Administrator's reference to2 the amendment of February 1, 1996 in the Remand is not understood as there is no amendment of February 1, 1996, in the record. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007