Ex Parte BISCHOFF et al - Page 10




                  Appeal No. 2001-2454                                                                                      Page 10                       
                  Application No. 09/267,355                                                                                                              


                  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; 196(b)                                                                           









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