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          Appeal No. 96-3885                                                          
          Application No. 08/255,076                                                  


          rejection to avoid termination of proceedings (§ 1.197(c)) as to            
          the rejected claims:                                                        
                    (1) Submit an appropriate amendment of the claims                 
               so rejected or a showing of facts relating to the                      
               claims so rejected, or both, and have the matter                       
               reconsidered by the examiner, in which event the                       
               application will be remanded to the examiner. . . .                    
                    (2) Request that the application be reheard under                 
               § 1.197(b) by the Board of Patent Appeals and                          
               Interferences upon the same record. . . .                              



               No time period for taking any subsequent action in                     
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 


               In summary, this panel of the board has REVERSED each of the           
          examiner’s rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Additionally, new              
          grounds of rejection have been introduced pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.           
          196(b).                                                                     










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