Appeal No. 95-0386 Application No. 07/854,122 an appropriate prior art rejection and provide appellants with an opportunity to respond. For the reasons set forth in the body of this opinion, we reverse the examiner's prior art and non-prior art rejections. We remand this application to the examiner with instructions to reevaluate the patentability of claims 1 through 24 in light of Warfield. This application, by virtue of its “special” status, requires immediate action. See the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, § 708.01(d). It is important that the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences be informed promptly of any action affecting the appeal in this case. REVERSED AND REMANDED SHERMAN D. WINTERS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) TEDDY S. GRON ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) TERRY J. OWENS ) -8-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007