Ex Parte SERVAN-SCHREIBER et al - Page 1




               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24           



                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                         Ex parte FRANKLIN SERVAN-SCHREIBER                           
                                         and                                          
                                SALVATORE CATAUDELLA                                  
                                   _______________                                    
                                Appeal No. 2002-0013                                  
                             Application No. 08/839,883                               
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                             ORDER REMANDING TO EXAMINER                              
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               Appellants filed the following amendments to claim 1 on                
          appeal:                                                                     
               ! November 12, 1998 (Paper No. 5)                                      
               ! August 9, 1999 (Paper No. 10)                                        
               ! November 26, 1999 (Paper No. 12).                                    
               Subsequently, appellants filed an Appeal Brief on                      
          December 28, 2000 (Paper No. 17).  According to the Examiner's              
          Answer entered February 13, 2001 (Paper No. 18), the examiner               
          states on page 3, section (8) that "[t]he copy of the appealed              
          claims contained in the Appendix to the brief is correct."                  

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