Appeal Number: 2000-0907
Application Number: 08/770,320
must then notify the applicant that the examiner has denied the
amendment entry via an advisory action form PTO-303. Once this
has been done, the examiner must then return the application to
the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences for a decision on
appealed claims 1-6.
If the examiner considers it appropriate to enter the
amendment, he or she will have two choices as noted above. If
the examiner enters the amendment, and indicates that the
amendment is allowable, the examiner must return the application
to the Board of Patent Appeals for a decision on appealed claims
1-6. If the examiner enters the amendment, and reopens
prosecution, the examiner must return the application to the
Board of Appeals and Interferences, so that the Board of Patent
Appeals and Interferences can vacate the appeal number. Once the
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences have vacated the appeal
number, The Board will return the application to the examiner,
for prosecution.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the application is remanded to the
Examiner for:
1) consideration of the amendment filed September 26, 1997;
2) for notification of said consideration to the applicant;
3) for handling of the amendment and application as noted above;
and
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