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                                                            Paper No. 34              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _______________                                   
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                Ex parte MARCUS R. SKEEM, SERGEJ-TOMISLAV BULJAN and                  
                                     JEAN KRAMP                                       
                                   _______________                                    
                                Appeal No. 2000-0207                                  
                               Application 08/892,836                                 
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                             ORDER REMANDING TO EXAMINER                              
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               An Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) was filed July 5,            
          1997 (Paper No. 18).  It is not apparent from the record that the           
          examiner properly considered the IDS submitted in accordance with           
          the criteria set forth in 37 CFR §§ 1.97 and 1.98.                          
               Further, a first declaration (attached to Paper No. 11) and            
          a petition to change inventorship (Paper No. 14) were filed June            
          2, 1997.  There is no indication in the record that either                  
          submission has been considered by the examiner.                             
               In addition, Amendment B filed June 2, 1997 (Paper No. 11)             
          was approved for entry by the examiner in his office action of              
          June 12, 1997 (Paper No. 13).  The amendment remains unentered.             


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