UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN D. HOTTOVY, DALE A. ZELLERS, DONALD W. VERSER and DAVID H. BURNS ____________ Appeal 2007-2080 Application 10/660,990 Technology Center 1700 ____________ Decided: October 10, 2007 ____________ Before CHARLES F. WARREN, CATHERINE Q. TIMM, and LINDA M. GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judge. ORDER REMANDING TO THE EXAMINER We remand this application to the Examiner because this appeal is not yet ready for our review. This appeal is not ripe for review because on June 11, 2007, Appellants filed an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS). The Examiner has not yet had the opportunity to review this IDS and the references cited therein. We, therefore, remand the application to the Examiner for thePage: 1 2 3 Next
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