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               Appeal No. 1998-0246                                                                                               
               Application No. 08/397,536                                                                                         


               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."                                                    
                      Regarding any affirmed rejection, 37 CFR § 1.197(b) provides:                                               
                      (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 appellant, 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 appellant 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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