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          Appeal No. 2002-1163                                                         
          Application 09/393,374                                                       


               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. . . .                     
                    (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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