Appeal No. 1998-1389 Page 21
Application No. 08/553232
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 49 and 51 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) is reversed. The
rejection of claims 30-48, 50, 52, and 52 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 is reversed. A new ground of rejection of claim 37 has
been entered under 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
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. & Trademark Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21, 1997)).
37 CFR
§ 1.196(b) provides that, “A new ground of rejection shall not
be
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