Appeal No. 2002-0444 Page 5
Application No. 09/086,138
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
(§ 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).
VACATED; 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
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William F. Smith )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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Donald E. Adams )
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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Demetra J. Mills )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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