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          Appeal No. 2003-1439                                                        
          Application No. 09/896,112                                                  
          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).                   


                                       REVERSED                                       
                                  37 C.F.R. §1.196(b)                                 



                         CATHERINE TIMM               )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge )                                
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                                                       ) BOARD OF PATENT              
                         ROMULO H. DELMENDO            )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge )   APPEALS AND                  
                                                       )                              
                                                       ) INTERFERENCES                
                                                       )                              
                         JAMES T. MOORE               )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge )                                



          JTM/ki                                                                      

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