Ex parte YUMOTO - Page 9




          Appeal No. 97-1242                                                          
          Application 08/226,521                                                      



          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                           
                    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 con-           
          nection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).           
                                      REVERSED                                        
                                   37 CFR 1.196(b)                                    



                    HARRISON E. McCANDLISH              )                             
                    Senior Administrative Patent Judge  )                             
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )   BOARD OF PATENT            
                    IRWIN CHARLES COHEN                 )     APPEALS AND             
                    Administrative Patent Judge         )    INTERFERENCES            
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                                                       )                              
                    JAMES M. MEISTER                    )                             
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