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             Appeal No. 2003-1379                                                                                 
             Application No. 09/769,334                                                                           


             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).                                                                                          
                                                   AFFIRMED                                                       
                                             37 CFR § 1.196(b)                                                    



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             CKP/dal                                                                                              

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