Ex parte KELLEY - Page 18




          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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