Appeal No. 98-2792 Application 08/516,257 examiner do not result in allowance of the application, abandonment or a second appeal, this case should be returned to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences for final action on the affirmed rejections, including any timely request for rehearing thereof. This application, by virtue of its "special" status, requires immediate action, see MPEP § 708.01 (Seventh Edition, July 1998). No time period for taking any subsequent action in con- nection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). AFFIRMED-IN-PART AND REMANDED IAN A. CALVERT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) 15Page: Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007