Ex parte ROBINETT - Page 5




                Appeal No. 96-1639                                                                                                      
                Application 08/269,140                                                                                                  


                the new ground of 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).                                                                                       
                                                 REVERSED - 37 CFR § 1.196(b)                                                           






                                        JAMES D. THOMAS              )                                                                  
                                       Administrative Patent Judge      )                                                              
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                                       JERRY SMITH                          ) BOARD OF PATENT                                          
                                       Administrative Patent Judge        )    APPEALS                                                 
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                                       JAMES T. CARMICHAEL      )                                                                      
                                       Administrative Patent Judge      )                                                              


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