Appeal No. 2002-1318
Application No. 08/693,662
CONCLUSION
In summary, we have reversed the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) rejections of claims 1-6. We have entered a New Ground
of Rejection against claims 1-6 under 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
As indicated supra, 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. 53131, 53197 (Oct. 10,
1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. 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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