Paper No. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JEFFREY A. DODGE, CHARLES A FROLIK, TERRY D. LINDSTROM,
CHARLES W. LUGAR, III and GILBERT S. STATEN
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Appeal No. 1997-3042
Application 08/405,5551
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ORDER REMANDING TO EXAMINER
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An Information Disclosure Statement was filed March 15, 1995 (Paper
No. 1 1/2). It is not apparent from the record that the examiner considered the
statement submitted nor notified applicant of why his submission did not meet the
criteria set forth in 37 CFR §§ 1.97 and 1.98.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the application is remanded to the Examiner for such
consideration of the Information Disclosure Statement and for such further action as
may be appropriate.
1 Application for patent filed March 15, 1995. According to the appellants, the
application is a division of Application 08/246,655, filed May 20, 1994.
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