Appeal No. 2000-1314 Page 10 Application No. 09/109,279 CONCLUSION To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 to 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. In addition, this application has been remanded to the examiner for further consideration of claims 22 to 24. This application, by virtue of its "special" status, requires immediate action, see MPEP § 708.01 (Seventh Edition, Rev. 1, Feb. 2000). REVERSED; REMANDED IAN A. CALVERT ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT CHARLES E. FRANKFORT ) APPEALS Administrative Patent Judge ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) JEFFREY V. NASE ) Administrative Patent Judge )Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007