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          Appeal No. 1998-2571                                                        
          Application No. 08/515,383                                                  


               In addition to affirming the examiner’s rejection of one               
          or more claims, 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.”                                                        
               Regarding any affirmed rejection, 37 CFR § 1.197(b)                    
               provides:                                                              
               (b) Appellants 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. . . .                              

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