Ex parte BROOKMAN et al. - Page 17




          Appeal No. 1998-1315                                                       
          Application No. 08/334,751                                                 
          conclusion of the proceedings before the examiner unless, as a             
          mere incident to the limited proceedings, the affirmed                     
          rejection is overcome.  If the proceedings before the examiner             
          does not result in allowance of the application, abandonment               
          or a second appeal, this case should be returned to the Board              
          of Patent Appeals and Interferences for final action on the                
          affirmed rejections, including any timely request for                      
          rehearing thereof.                                                         


               This application, by virtue of its "special" status,                  
          requires immediate action, see MPEP § 708.01 (Seventh Edition,             
          July 1998).                                                                





               No time period for taking any subsequent action in con-               
          nection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR §                    
          1.136(a).                                                                  


                           AFFIRMED-IN-PART AND REMANDED                             


                                                                                    
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