Ex parte GOODSHIP et al. - Page 12


                  Appeal No. 1997-2751                                                                                     
                  Application No. 08/159,096                                                                               




                                           TIME PERIOD FOR RESPONSE                                                        
                         37 CFR § 1.196(b) also provides that the appellants, 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 (§ 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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                                       WILLIAM F. SMITH                    )                                               
                                       Administrative Patent Judge         )                                               
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                                                                           ) BOARD OF PATENT                               
                                       DEMETRA J. MILLS                    )                                               
                                       Administrative Patent Judge         )   APPEALS AND                                 
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                                                                           ) INTERFERENCES                                 
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                                       ERIC GRIMES                        )                                               
                                       Administrative Patent Judge         )                                               


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