Ex parte FUJIWARA - Page 11




          Appeal No. 1999-1488                                                        
          Application 08/630,332                                                      



          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                     
          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                    
          (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                
          con- nection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR §                
          1.136(a).                                                                   
                             REVERSED, 37 CFR § 1.196(b)                              


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