Case: 12-1537 Document: 10 Page: 1 Filed: 10/15/2012
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IN RE LEANDER LAUFFER, CRAIG A. SMITH,
RAYMOND G. GOODWIN, AND M. PATRICIA
BECKMAN,
Appellants.
2012-1537
(Serial No. 08/478,995)
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 Trade-
mark 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,
Case: 12-1537 Document: 10 Page: 2 Filed: 10/15/2012
IN RE LAUFFER 2
IT Is ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motion to remand is granted.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.
FOR THE COURT
OCT 15 lOll /s/ Jan Horbaly
Date Jan Horbaly
Clerk
cc: Barbara Rudolph, Esq.
Raymond T. Chen, Esq.
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