Appeal No. 1996-3214 Page 12
Application No. 08/195,897
Pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b), the
following new ground of rejection has been made. Claims 14-20
are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph as failing
to particularly point out and distinctly claim that which
applicants regard as invention.
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. & 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 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
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