Ex parte TRINE - Page 10




          Appeal No. 98-0108                                      Page 10             
          Application No. 08/598,795                                                  


          rejecting claims 1 through 4, 9 and 16 through 18 as a new                  
          ground of rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b).                                


               This decision contains a new ground of rejection                       
          pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1,                     
          1997, by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53, 131, 53, 197                   
          (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark Office 63,                 
          122 (Oct. 21, 1997)).  37 CFR § 1.196(b) provides that, “A                  
          new ground of rejection shall not be considered final for                   
          purposes of judicial review.”                                               
               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 (§ 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. . . .                              








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