Appeal No. 95-0140 Application 08/002,528 requisite degree of precision and particularity. In summary: The rejection of claims 17, 18, 20 and 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed. The rejection of claim 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed. A new rejection of claim 24 is made under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. Any request for reconsideration or modification of this decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences based upon the same record must be filed within one month from the date hereof (37 CFR § 1.197). With respect to the new rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b), should appellants elect the alternate option under that rule to prosecute further before the Primary Examiner by way of amendment or showing of facts, or both, not previously of record, a shortened statutory period for making such response is hereby set to expire two months from the date of this decision. In the event appellants elect this alternate option, in order to preserve the right to seek review under 35 U.S.C. § 141 or 145 with respect to the affirmed rejection, the effective date of the 15Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007