Ex parte VAN DER ZAAG et al. - Page 10




               Appeal No. 1998-0200                                                                                              
               Application No. 08/698,193                                                                                        


                      37 CFR § 1.196(b) also provides that 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 claim:                    

                              (1) Submit an appropriate amendment of the claim so rejected or a showing of facts                 

               relating to the claim 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)                                                       







                                     JAMES D. THOMAS                               )                                             
                                             Administrative Patent Judge           )                                             
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                                                                                   ) BOARD OF PATENT                             

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