Appeal No. 98-3287
Reissue Application 08/354,624
pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we have entered a new ground of
rejection against claims 1 through 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph.
In view of the above, the decision of the examiner is
reversed.
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. 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."
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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