Appeal No. 96-3202 Application No. 08/183,464 affirmance constituting new grounds of rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b). Since at least one rejection of each of the appealed claims has been affirmed, the decision of the examiner is affirmed. 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 of the decision. 37 CFR § 1.197. Should the appellants elect to have further prosecution before the examiner in response to the new rejections under 37 CFR § 1.196(b) 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. 21Page: Previous 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007