Ex parte LANGAN - Page 7




              Appeal No. 96-0031                                                                                       
              Application No. 08/078,918                                                                               


                     In conclusion, based on the foregoing, the examiner's rejections of the appealed                  
              claims  are reversed.  A new ground of rejection has been entered under 37 C.F.R.                        
              § 1.196(b) of claims 2-5 and 11-14.                                                                      
                     This decision contains a new ground of rejection pursuant to 37 C.F.R.                            
              § 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 C.F.R. § 1.196(b) provides that, “A new ground of rejection shall not be considered final             
              for purposes of judicial review.”                                                                        
                     37 C.F.R. § 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 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. . . .                             








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