Ex parte SWAN - Page 13




          Appeal No. 98-2186                                                          
          Application No. 08/517,946                                                  


          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. . . .                                               
                         (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)                              





                         JAMES M. MEISTER              )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         CHARLES E. FRANKFORT          )     APPEALS                  
                         Administrative Patent Judge   )       AND                    
                                                       )  INTERFERENCES               
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