Appeal No. 96-3885 Application No. 08/255,076 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. . . . (2) Request that the application be reheard under § 1.197(b) by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences upon the same record. . . . No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a). In summary, this panel of the board has REVERSED each of the examiner’s rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Additionally, new grounds of rejection have been introduced pursuant to 37 CFR § 1. 196(b). 10Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007