Appeal No. 2001-1181
Serial No. 09/131,156
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 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.
If the appellant elects prosecution before the examiner
and this does not result in allowance of the application,
abandonment
or a second appeal, this case should be returned to us for
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