Appeal No. 97-1033
Application 08/190,485
ground of rejection shall not be considered final for purposes
of judicial review.”
Regarding any affirmed rejection, 37 CFR § 1.197(b)
provides:
(b) Appellant may file a single request for
rehearing within two months from the date of
the original decision. . . .
37 CFR § 1.196(b) also provides that the appellant,
WITHIN TWO MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE DECISION , must exer-
cise one of the following two options with respect to the new
ground of rejection to avoid termination of proceedings (37 CFR
§ 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 exam-
iner, 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. . . .
Should the appellant elect to prosecute further before
the Primary Examiner pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(1), in order
to preserve the right to seek review under 35 U.S.C. §§ 141 or
145 with respect to the affirmed rejection, the effective date of
the affirmance is deferred until conclusion of the prosecution
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