Appeal No. 1999-0718
Application 08/594,149
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, has been added pursu-
ant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
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. 53,131, 53,197 (Oct. 10,
1997),
1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. and 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 judi-
cial 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:
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