Ex parte KYLE et al. - Page 8




                  Appeal No. 1997-0100                                                                                                                    
                  Application 08/167,051                                                                                                                  


                  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 connection with this appeal may                                             
                  be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).                                                                                                    
                                                        REVERSED; 37 CFR 1.196 (b)                                                                        




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