Appeal No. 97-1999
Application 07/390,745
now of record for the examiner to determine in the first2
instance. We remand this application to the examiner for that
purpose.
4. Conclusion
We reverse the examiner’s rejection of Claims 15-21 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Schroder.
We reverse the examiner’s rejection of Claims 1-21 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable in view of the combined
teachings of Nadler, Marvizon, Ross, Robinson, and Foster.
We remand the application to the examiner for
consideration of the patentability of Claims 1-4 under 35
U.S.C. § 112, first, paragraph, as indicated in the “Other
issues” section of this decision.
This application, by virtue of its "special" status,
requires an immediate action. Manual of Patent Examining
Including the new evidence and argument in the2
Transmittal of Art filed August 19, 1997.
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