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                 Appeal 2007-2205                                                                                        
                 Application 10/396,013                                                                                  
                 toward placing this application in condition for decision on appeal with                                
                 respect to the issues presented.                                                                        
                        If, on the other hand, the Examiner has decided to withdraw the                                  
                 obviousness-type double patenting grounds of rejection of all of the                                    
                 appealed claims and the earlier filed Amended Brief is considered an                                    
                 adequate reply to the earlier defective Brief Notification of October 13,                               
                 2006, the Examiner should furnish a Supplemental Answer communicating                                   
                 such with an explanation as to why this grounds of rejection is no longer                               
                 considered to be warranted.                                                                             
                                                       ORDER                                                             
                        Accordingly, the Examiner is required to take appropriate action                                 
                 consistent with current examining practice and procedure to rectify the                                 
                 above-noted matters.  37 C.F.R. § 41.50(a)(2) (2005) does not apply.                                    
                        We hereby remand this application to the Examiner, via the Office of                             
                 a Director of the Technology Center involved, for appropriate action in view                            
                 of the above comments.                                                                                  
                        This application, by virtue of its “special” status, requires immediate                          
                 action.                                                                                                 
                                                    REMANDED                                                             



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                 ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS                                                                      
                 CMP HOLDINGS, INC.                                                                                      
                 451 BELLEVUE ROAD                                                                                       
                 NEWARK, DE 19713                                                                                        

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