Appeal No. 1999-2783 Application No. 08/654,034 § 1.196(b) provides, "[a] new ground of rejection shall not be considered final for purposes of judicial review." 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 (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). REVERSED; 37 CFR § 1.196(b) NEAL E. ABRAMS ) Administrative Patent Judge ) 15Page: Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007