Ex parte Sachdev

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Aug 8, 2001

08498549 (B.P.A.I. Aug. 8, 2001)

The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES

Ex parte MANOJ SACHDEV

Appeal No. 1997-3163
Application 08/498,549

ORDER REMANDING TO EXAMINER

A Reply Brief was entered on April 28, 1997 (Paper No. 14) in response to the new
ground of rejection in the Examiner’s Answer entered on February 28, 1997 (Paper No. 13).
The Supplemental Examiner’s Answer entered on June 20, 1997 (Paper No. 15) in response to
this Reply Brief failed to address if the new ground of rejection was or was not overcome.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the application is remanded to the examiner for addressing if
the new ground of rejection in the Appeal Brief was or was not overcome by the Reply Brief,
and such further action as may be appropriate.
Appeal No. 1997-3163
Serial No. 08/498,549
It is important that the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences be informed
promptly of any action affecting the status of the appeal (i.e., abandonment, issue, reopening
prosecution).
BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
By: __________________________________
CRAIG R. FEINBERG
Program and Resource Administrator
Corporate Patent Counsel
U.S. Philips Corporation
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