Appeal No. 2006-0178 Application No. 09/877,188 Under these circumstances, we hereby remand this application to the examiner for the additional purpose of addressing and resolving on the written record whether independent claim 52 should be rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Christensen in view of the appellants’ admitted prior art. SUMMARY The decision of the examiner is reversed. This application is remanded to the examiner. REVERSED AND REMANDED Bradley R. Garris ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT Charles E. Frankfort ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) Jeffrey V. Nase ) Administrative Patent Judge ) BRG/cam 12Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007