Appeal No. 1998-1052
Application No. 08/683,600
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 . . . .
No time period for taking any subsequent action in
connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR
§ 1.136(a).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART; 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
LAWRENCE J. STAAB )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
JOHN P. McQUADE )
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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) INTERFERENCES
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JOHN F. GONZALES )
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