Ex parte HEFFNER et al. - Page 13




          Appeal No. 1998-2643                                                        
          Application 08/549,349                                                      


               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                    
          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. . . .                                                     

               No time period for taking any subsequent action in                     
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 


          REVERSED-37 CFR § 1.196(b)                                                  




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                         EDWARD C. KIMLIN              )                              

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