Ex parte OHMI et al. - Page 16




          Appeal No. 1997-4077                                                        
          Application No. 08/441,989                                                  


               (b) Appellant may file a single request for                            
               rehearing within two months from the date of the                       
               original decision. . . .                                               
               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 (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. . . .                              
               Should the appellants elect to prosecute further before                
          the Primary Examiner pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(1), in                   
          order to preserve the right to seek review under 35 U.S.C. §§               
          141 or                                                                      
          145 with respect to the affirmed rejection, the effective date              
          of the affirmance is deferred until conclusion of the                       
          prosecution before the examiner unless, as a mere incident to               
          the limited prosecution, the affirmed rejection is overcome.                
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