Appeal No. 1997-1717
Application No. 08/068,256
III. Recommendation to Consider Related Application No. 08/068,257
Appellants invite attention to a related appeal in Application No. 08/068,257,
involving the enzyme cyclooxygenase (appeal brief, paragraph bridging pages 2-3).
Appellants state that the issues in both appeals are “substantially the same” (appeal brief,
page 1). According to PTO records, Application No. 08/068,257 is currently awaiting
action by the examiner.
In view of appellants’ statements, we remand this application to the examiner so that
it may be considered in tandem with Application No. 08/068,257. We recommend
that the examiner consider the relationship of the claims in this application to the claims
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