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                                     The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                      
                                 today was not written for publication and is not binding                                      
                                 precedent of the Board.                                                                       
                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                            
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                                              Ex parte DANIEL J. SORENSEN                                                      
                                                  and ROBERT LEE POPP                                                          
                                                      ______________                                                           
                                                   Appeal No. 2006-1892                                                        
                                                   Application 09/849,594                                                      
                                                      _______________                                                          
                                                         ON BRIEF                                                              
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              Before GARRIS, WARREN and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                    
              WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                             
                                               REMAND TO THE EXAMINER                                                          
                      We remand the application to the examiner for consideration and explanation of issues                    
              raised by the record.  37 CFR §41.50(a)(1) (2005); Manual of Patent Examining Procedure                          
              (MPEP) § 1211 (8th ed., Rev. 3, August 2005).                                                                    
                      The official electronic records of the USPTO contain the following documents for this                    
              application:                                                                                                     
              Examiner’s answer mailed April 21, 2005;                                                                         
              Reply brief filed June 10, 2005;                                                                                 
              Supplemental examiner’s answer mailed June 20, 2005, differing solely from the answer by the                     
              addition of the initials of the second conferee on the signature page;                                           
              Supplemental reply brief filed August 18, 2005, presenting additional arguments augmenting                       
              arguments in the reply brief; and                                                                                
              Examiner’s communication mailed November 10, 2005, stating that “[t]he [supplemental] reply                      
              brief filed 8/18/05 has been entered and considered . . . [and] forwarded to the Board.”                         





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