Appeal No. 97-4079
Application No. 08/310,592
In addition to affirming the examiner's rejection of one
or more claims, this decision contains a new ground of
rejection of claims 2, 3, 5 and 14 pursuant to 37 CFR §
1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1, 1997, by final rule notice,
62 Fed. Reg. 53131, 53197 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat.
Office 63, 122
(Oct. 21, 1997)). 37 CFR § 1.196(b) provides, "[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
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. . . .
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