Appeal No. 2000-0182 Page 16
Application No. 08/831,327
This decision contains new grounds of rejection pursuant to
37 CFR § 1.196(b). 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 appellants, WITHIN
TWO MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE DECISION, must exercise one of
the following two options with respect to the new grounds 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. . . .
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