Appeal No. 97-1177
Application 08/368,026
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 exercise 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 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 . . . .
Should the appellants 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 before the examiner unless,
as a mere incident to the limited prosecution, the affirmed rejection is overcome.
If the appellants elect prosecution before the examiner and 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.
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