Ex Parte SANTHANAM et al - Page 4




                     Appeal No. 2001-2302                                                                                                                                              
                     Application No. 09/002,404                                                                                                                                        

                                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 claim:                                                                                                                            
                                (1) Submit an appropriate amendment of the claim so rejected or a                                                                                      
                                showing of facts relating to the claim 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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