Ex parte CHIAPPE et al. - Page 17




          Appeal No. 97-1754                                                          
          Application 08/462,133                                                      



          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. . . .                              
               No time period for taking any subsequent action in                     
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 
                            AFFIRMED; 37 CFR § 1.196(b)                              




          CHARLES E. FRANKFORT            )                                           
               Administrative Patent Judge     )                                      
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                    LAWRENCE J. STAAB               ) BOARD OF                        
          PATENT                                                                      
                         Administrative Patent Judge     )   APPEALS AND              
                                                  )  INTERFERENCES                    
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               JENNIFER BAHR                      )                                   
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