Appeal No. 1997-2436
Application No. 08/232,014
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, "[a] new ground of rejection shall not be considered final for
purposes of judicial review."
37 CFR § 1.196(b) also provides that the applicants, 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 (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 connection with this appeal may
be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
VACATED and 37 CFR § 196(b)
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