Appeal No. 1996-2571 Application 08/119,058 § 103 as unpatentable over Lin in view of Uemura. We vacate the rejection of claims 1 through 4, 10 through 12, 21 and 23 through 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Tuma in view of Scheuffgen, and remand this application to the examiner for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. This application, by virtue of its “special” status, requires an immediate action. MPEP § 708.01(d)(7th Ed., July 1998). REVERSED and REMANDED SHERMAN D. WINTERS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT WILLIAM F. SMITH ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) HUBERT C. LORIN ) Administrative Patent Judge ) vsh 15Page: Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007