Appeal No. 1999-2088 Page 9 Application No. 08/782,243 To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1, 3 to 8, 10 to 15 and 17 to 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. In addition, we have remanded the application to the examiner for consideration of prior art. This application, by virtue of its "special" status, requires immediate action, see MPEP § 708.01 (Seventh Edition, July 1998).Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007