IN RE LAUFFER , No. 12-1537 (Fed. Cir. 2012)

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Case: 12-1537 Document: 10 Page: 1 Filed: 10/15/2012 NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. Wntteb ~tate5 qcourt of ~peaI5 for tbe jfeberaI qctrcutt 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 DYK, WALLACH, Circuit Judges. 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, Case: 12-1537 Document: 10 Page: 2 Filed: 10/15/2012 2 IN RE LAUFFER 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 Date /s/ Jan Horbaly Jan Horbaly Clerk cc: Barbara Rudolph, Esq. Raymond T. Chen, Esq. s26 Issued As A Mandate: _ _ OC_T_1_5_2_01_2__

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