Appeal No. 2000-0584
Application No. 08/845,673
b) to reject claims 54 and 59 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over the German reference is affirmed; and
c) to reject claims 55 through 58 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over the German reference in view of Ries
is affirmed.
In addition, new grounds of rejection of claims 53, 54, 57,
58 and 60 are entered pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
In addition to affirming the examiner's rejection of one or
more claims, this decision contains new grounds of rejection
pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1, 1997, by
final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197 (Oct. 10, 1997),
1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark 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.”
Regarding the affirmed rejections, 37 CFR § 1.197(b)
provides:
(b) Appellant may file a single request for
rehearing within two months from the date of
the original decision . . . .
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