In re Lauffer

Full title: IN RE LEANDER LAUFFER, CRAIG A. SMITH, RAYMOND G. GOODWIN, AND M. PATRICIA…

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Date published: Oct 15, 2012

2012-1537 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 15, 2012)

Opinion

2012-1537 Serial No. 08/478,995

10-15-2012

IN RE LEANDER LAUFFER, CRAIG A. SMITH, RAYMOND G. GOODWIN, AND M. PATRICIA BECKMAN, Appellants.

DYK

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

ON MOTION

Before LINN, DYK, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges. DYK, Circuit Judge.

ORDER

The Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office moves without opposition to remand this matter to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences to consider appellants' evidence of nonobviousness in the first instance.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) The motion to remand is granted.

(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.

FOR THE COURT

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Jan Horbaly

Clerk
cc: Barbara Rudolph, Esq.

Raymond T. Chen, Esq.
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