Appeal No. 1998-3379
Application No. 08/724,088
computation. However, the step of computing is not claimed
nor is it clear how computation is carried out.
In view of the above rationale, we find that claims 1
through 3 fail to distinctly point out and distinctly claim
the subject matter which the Appellants regard as their
invention as required under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
This decision contains a new ground of rejection pursuant
to 37 CFR § 1.196(b) (amended effective Dec. 1, 1997, by final
rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203
Off. Gaz. Pat. and Trademark Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21, 1997)).
37 CFR § 1.196(b) provides that "[a] new ground of rejection
shall not be considered final for purposes of judicial
review."
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. . . .
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