Appeal No. 2001-0205 Page 14
Application No. 08/692,016
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 grounds 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).
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