Ex parte KEENAN - Page 13




          Appeal No. 98-2122                                        Page 13           
          Application No. 08/607,886                                                  


               This decision contains new grounds 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 grounds 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).                                                                 
                                       REVERSED                                       
                                  37 CFR § 1.196(b)                                   







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