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. s26 Issued As A Mandate: _ _OC_T_1_5_2_01_2__