The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
was not written for publication in a law journal and is
not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LEONARD V. BARLEY, LINDA M. BARLEY,
J. ROYCE RENFROW and PATRICK J. TIGHE
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Appeal No. 1997-3901
Application No. 08/231,638
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ORDER REMANDING TO EXAMINER
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Applicants filed a Reply Brief on May 5, 1997 (Paper No. 18).
According to the Patent Application Location and Monitoring (PALM)
System, the examiner responded to the Reply Brief in a communication
dated June 11, 1997 (Paper No. 20). However, there is no copy of
this communication in the file, and the file itself indicates that
Paper No. 20 was another Reply Brief. Appropriate correction of PALM
or the file wrapper is required.
Furthermore, appellants filed an Information Disclosure
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