Ex parte SCOTT et al. - Page 16




          Appeal No. 96-1931                                                           
          Application 07/995,635                                                       


          December 18, 1992, we view the reference as prior art under                  
          Section 102(b).  Since a reference under Section 102(b) cannot be            
          antedated, we make this new ground of rejection in order to                  
          expedite the prosecution in this case.                                       
          In summary, the rejections of claims 1, 2 and 4-14 have                      
          been sustained with respect to claims 5, 8-10 and 14, but have               
          not been sustained with respect to claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 11-              
          13.  Accordingly, the decision of the examiner rejecting claims              
          1, 2 and 4-14 is affirmed-in-part.                                           
          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 rejections, the effective date of               

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