Appeal No. 95-0800
Application 07/840,276
NEW GROUNDS OF REJECTION UNDER 37 CFR § 1.196(B)
Claims 1, 3-5, and 7-10 are hereby rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by Romankiw. With n = 1, these
claims cover a one-layer bifilar winding such as disclosed by
Romankiw in Figure 1B.
CONCLUSION
The examiner’s rejections of Claims 1-10 are not
sustained. A new ground of rejection is entered against Claims
1, 3-5, and 7-10.
This decision contains a new ground of rejection
pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1, 1997, by
final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197 (Oct. 10, 1997),
1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21, 1997)).
37 CFR § 1.196(b) provides that, “A new ground of rejection shall
not be considered final for purposes of judicial review.”
37 CFR § 1.196(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 ground
of 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
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