Ex parte SMITH et al. - Page 18




          Appeal No. 96-3130                                                          
          Application 08/225,653                                                      


          this does not result in allowance of the application, abandonment           
          or a second appeal, this case should be returned to the Board of            
          Patent Appeals and Interferences for final action on the affirmed           
          rejection, including any timely request for rehearing thereof.              







               No time 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)                                   





                                                       )                              
                         JAMES M. MEISTER              )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         NEAL E. ABRAMS                )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )   APPEALS AND                
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