Appeal No. 1997-0160 Application No. 08/073,985 confirmed the nonentry of the proposed amendments to claims 4, 15 and 24 in the answer (Paper No. 52, pp. 2-3, § 8). By failing to respond to § 8 in the answer, appellants have acquiesced that claims 4, 15 and 24 are as stated in the answer. CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 2 and 4-24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Mullis in view of Hogan and Frohman is reversed. REVERSED SHERMAN D. WINTERS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT WILLIAM F. SMITH ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) CAROL A. SPIEGEL ) Administrative Patent Judge ) - 8 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007