Ex parte DURAND et al. - Page 18


            Appeal No. 96-3486                                                        
            Application No. 08/291,565                                                


            the new ground of rejection to avoid termination of                       
            proceedings (37 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. . . .                                             
                 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)                              




                    SHERMAN D. WINTERS               )                                
                    Administrative Patent Judge      )                                
                                                     )                                
                                                     )                                
                                                     )                                
                                                     ) BOARD OF PATENT                
                    WILLIAM F. SMITH                 )     APPEALS                    
                    Administrative Patent Judge      )       AND                      
                                                     )  INTERFERENCES                 
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