Appeal 2007-1432
Application 09/141,186
Patent 5,549,673
33. On February 6, 1996, the Examiner conducted an interview
with Appellant’s representative. The Examiner entered an Interview
Summary into the record stating:
Claims discussed: 1-4, 6-11, 17, and 20-28.
Prior art discussed: (None)
Description of the general nature of what was agreed to if an
agreement was reached, or any other comments: Authorization was
given to cancel the nonelected, with traverse, claims and for the
extension of time required to do so.
34. On February 14, 1996, a Notice of Allowability was mailed
which stated that pending claims 14-16 were allowed and canceling claims
1-4, 6-11, 17, and 20-28.
35. Consistent with Office practice, application claims 14-16 were
renumbered as patent claims 1-3, respectively, in the course of preparing the
original application for issue.
36. U.S. Patent 5,549,673 issued August 27, 1996, based on the
original application and contained claims 1-3.
D. Prosecution of reissue application
37. Appellant filed reissue application 09/141,186 on August 27,
1998, seeking to reissue U.S. Patent 5,549,673.
38. Appellant presented original patent claims 1-3 along with new
reissue application claims 4-15 for consideration.
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