Ex parte MARBACHER - Page 6




          Appeal No. 1998-2485                                                         
          Application 08/711,996                                                       

          exercise one of the following two options with respect to                    
          the new ground of rejection to avoid termination of                          
          proceedings (§ 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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