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          Appeal No. 1997-0144                                                        
          Application No. 08/424,223                                                  

               so rejected or a showing of facts relating to the                      
               claims so rejected, or both, and have the matter                       
               reconsidered by the examiner, in which event the                       
               application will be remanded to the examiner. . . .                    
               (2)  Request that the application be reheard under                     
               § 1.197(b) by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences            
               upon the same record. . . .                                            
               No time period for taking any subsequent action in                     
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 

          This application, by virtue of its "special" status,                        
          requires immediate action, see MPEP § 708.01 (7th Edition,                  
          Rev. 1, Feb. 2000).                                                         
                           REVERSED; 1.196(b) and REMANDED                            

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