Ex parte TUTTLE et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 1999-1502                                                        
          Application 08/600,060                                                      



          Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences may enter an order                
          otherwise making its decision final.                                        
               37 CFR § 1.196(b) also provides that the appellants,                   
          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                     
          (§ 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. . . .                              
















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