Appeal No. 1996-2123 Application No. 08/069,458 37 C.F.R. ' 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: 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. 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 C.F.R. ' 1.136(a). REVERSED-IN-PART, REMANDED-IN-PART, VACATED-IN-PART, AND 37 C.F.R. ' 1.196(b) ) WILLIAM F. SMITH ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) CAROL A. SPIEGEL ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) DONALD E. ADAMS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 26Page: Previous 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007