Ex parte RAO et al. - Page 19




          Appeal No. 96-3374                                                          
          Application No. 08/115,974                                                  


          examiner to reject claims 13 through 18 and 20 under 35 U.S.C.              
          § 103 is reversed.                                                          


               Any request for reconsideration or modification of this                
          decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences                   
          based upon the same record must be filed within one month from              
          the date of the decision.  37 CFR § 1.197.  Should the                      
          appellants elect to have further prosecution before the                     
          examiner in response to the new rejections under 37 CFR §                   
          1.196(b) by way of amendment or showing of facts, or both, not              
          previously of record, a shortened statutory period for making               
          such response is hereby set to expire two months from the date              
          of this decision.                                                           


               No period for taking any subsequent action in connection               
          with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).                   
                              AFFIRMED-IN-PART; 37 CFR § 1.196(b)                     





                    HARRISON E. McCANDLISH, Senior     )                              
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