Appeal No. 2001-0436
Application No. 09/040,361
Summary
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1-3, 5 and 6
as being anticipated by Moriyama is reversed on procedural
grounds.
A new ground of rejection of claims 1-3, 5 and 6 has been
made pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
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 that “[a] new ground of rejection shall not
be considered final for purposes of judicial review.”
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 . . . .
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