Ex parte BENEDICT - Page 16




          Appeal No. 97-2904                                                          
          Application 08/565,457                                                      


          CFR § 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. . . .                                                


                 Should the appellant elect to prosecute further before               
          the Primary Examiner pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(1), in                   
          order to preserve the right to seek review under 35 U.S.C. §§               
          141 or 145 with respect to the affirmed rejection, the                      
          effective date of the affirmance is deferred until conclusion               
          of the prosecution before the examiner unless, as a mere                    
          incident to the limited prosecution, the affirmed rejection is              
          overcome.                                                                   


                 If the appellant elects prosecution before the examiner              

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