Appeal No. 1999-1785
Application No. 08/512,656
In addition to affirming the examiner’s rejection of one
or more claims, this decision contains new grounds 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 that
“new grounds 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
grounds 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
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