The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 68 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte DONALD K. FOREST ______________ Appeal No. 2000-1901 Application 08/506,032 _______________ REMAND _______________ Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. ORDER VACATING REJECTION AND REMANDING TO THE EXAMINER Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(a) and the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 1211, this application is remanded to the examiner for appropriate action with respect to the matters discussed below. Because the present rejection of the claims on appeal is considered by us to be not appropriate and not ripe for our review, we VACATE the rejection of the claims on appeal under 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007