Ex Parte Michaels - Page 15



            Appeal No. 2006-3175                                                                              
            Application No. 10/419,601                                                                        

                   37 CFR § 41.50(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 grounds of rejection to avoid                       
            termination of the appeal as to the rejected claims:                                              
                                (1) Reopen prosecution.  Submit an appropriate                                
                         amendment of the claims so rejected or new evidence                                  
                         relating to the claims so rejected, or both, and have the                            
                         matter reconsidered by the examiner, in which event the                              
                         proceeding will be remanded to the examiner. . . .                                   
                                (2) Request rehearing.  Request that the proceeding                           
                         be reheard under § 41.52 by the Board upon the same                                  
                         record. . . .                                                                        


















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