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              Appeal No. 1996-0876                                                                                       
              Application 08/123,144                                                                                     
                     It is apparent that claims 17 through 24 have not been fully considered by the                      
              examiner.  Accordingly, in view of the aforementioned errors, we remand this application to                
              the examiner to address these problems.                                                                    
                     This application, by virtue of its “special” status, requires an immediate action.                  
              Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (M.P.E.P.) § 708.01(d)(7th ed., July 1998).                           


                                           REVERSED AND REMANDED                                                         






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