The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte RICHARD A. JEWELL and JULIE A. REIMER Appeal No. 2006-2357 Application No. 10/666,262 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, PAK and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. REMAND TO THE EXAMINER At page 2 of appellants’ brief, appellants state that “[t]his Appeal is related to the Appeal in Application No. 10/228,815, filed August 27, 2002.” The related application was remanded to the examiner for consideration of specification data that appellants rely upon for demonstrating unexpected results (Appeal No. 2006-1073, remanded March 29, 2006). The examiner’s answer in the related appeal did not provide a discussion or rebuttal of the specification data. Likewise, in the present appeal, appellants rely upon specification data that is not -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007