Appeal No. 1998-2925
Application 08/532,861
claims 11 and 13-18 over the applied references. Because our
reasoning differs substantially from that of the examiner, we
denominate these affirmances as involving new grounds of
rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
DECISION
The rejections of claims 1-7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
Yoshizumi or Mitsui, in view of Lin, are reversed. The
rejections of claims 11 and 13-18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
Yoshizumi or Mitsui, in view of Lin, are affirmed. These
affirmances are denominated as involving new grounds of
rejection This decision contains new grounds 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
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