Appeal No. 1997-2234 Application 08/254,345 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. . . . REVERSED, 37 CFR 1.196(b) JOHN D. SMITH ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) CHARLES F. WARREN ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ROMULO H. DELMENDO ) Administrative Patent Judge ) -9-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007