Appeal No. 2000-1962
Application No. 08/697,421
code generation procedure illustrated in Figure 4A, Griffith also
describes a verification procedure in Figure 4B in which the
individual components of the transaction record are extracted and
recalculation and comparison operations are performed.
In summary, we have reversed the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103
rejection of claims 1-27 and 29-31. We have entered a new ground
of rejection against claim 1 under 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
As indicated supra, this decision contains a new ground of
rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1,
1997, by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53131, 53197 (Oct. 10,
1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. 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 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. . . .
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