Appeal No. 1998-0200 Application No. 08/698,193 37 CFR § 1.196(b) also provides that 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 claim: (1) Submit an appropriate amendment of the claim so rejected or a showing of facts relating to the claim 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) JAMES D. THOMAS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ) BOARD OF PATENT - 10 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007