Appeal No. 1997-3951
Application 08/238,987
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. . . .
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this
appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
REVERSED
37 CFR § 1.196(b)
William F. Smith )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
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