Appeal No. 1996-0203 Application No. 08/006,414 discretion of the examiner. Whether or not the examiner abused his discretion is a petitionable matter under 37 C.F.R. § 1.181 not an appealable matter under 35 U.S.C. § 134. Accordingly, the status of the amendment after final rejection remains as set forth by the 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007