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          Appeal No. 97-2481                                                          
          Application No. 08/480,964                                                  


          37 CFR § 1.196(b) provides that "a new ground of rejection shall            
          not be considered final for purposes of judicial review."                   
               Regarding any affirmed rejection, 37 CFR § 1.197(b)                    
          provides:                                                                   
               (b) Appellant may file a single request for rehearing                  
               within two months from the date of the original                        
               decision. . . .                                                        
               37 CFR § 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 grounds 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. . . .                              

          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.                            


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