Appeal No. 97-2712
Application 08/285,349
reversed the rejection of claims 1 through 14, 16, 17,
19 through 22, and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over the French Patent in view of Chadwick; and
reversed the rejection of claim 23 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over the French Patent in view of
Chadwick and Koefelda.
Additionally, we have introduced NEW GROUNDS OF
REJECTION.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
This decision contains new grounds of rejection pur-
suant 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.”
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