Appeal No. 96-1639 Application 08/269,140 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 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). REVERSED - 37 CFR § 1.196(b) JAMES D. THOMAS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) JERRY SMITH ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS ) AND ) INTERFERENCES ) JAMES T. CARMICHAEL ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007