Application No.10/460,812
4) claims 1-2 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) in view of
the admitted prior art further in view of JP65-223590,
Sankovich (3,235,463) or
Straub (5,008,068)
In accordance with MPEP 1207.05:
Every supplemental examiner's answer must be approved by a Technology Center (TC)
Director or designee.
CONCLUSION
A review of the Supplemental Examiner’s Answer mailed October 26, 2005, reveals that
the examiner did not provide or obtain proper approval by the Technology Center (TC) Group
Director.
Accordingly, it is
Ordered that the application is remanded to the Examiner to
1) vacate the Examiner’s Examiner mailed July 15, 2005;
2) vacate the Supplemental Examiner’s Answer mailed October 26, 2005;
3) prepare a corrected Examiner’s Answer to include approval and signature
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