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          Appeal No. 2002-0480                                                        
          Application 09/224,649                                                      


          tread design, and the definition of the tread of the transverse             
          tread design as lying transverse to the “width,” rather than the            
          length, of the sole piece along a longitudinal line of the sole             
          does not make sense.                                                        
                                       SUMMARY                                        
               The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 through 9              
          and 11 through 14 is reversed, and a new rejection of claims 1              
          through 9, 11 through 14, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26 and 27 is entered              
          pursuant to 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           
          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 (§ 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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