Ex Parte Gormley et al - Page 9



              Appeal No. 2004-0543                                                                  Page 9                
              Application No. 10/010,678                                                                                  
              (effective September 13, 2004, 69 Fed. Reg. 49960 (August 12, 2004), 1286 Off. Gaz.                         
              Pat. Office 21 (September 7, 2004)).  37 CFR ' 41.50(b) provides A[a] new ground of                         
              rejection pursuant to this paragraph shall not be considered final for judicial review.@                    
                     37 CFR ' 41.50(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 ground of rejection to avoid termination of the appeal as to the                    
              rejected claims:                                                                                            


                     (1) Reopen Prosecution.  Submit an appropriate amendment of the claims                               
                     so rejected or new evidence relating to the claims so rejected, or both, and                         
                     have the matter reconsidered by the examiner, in which event the                                     
                     proceeding will be remanded to the examiner. . . .                                                   
                     (2) Request Rehearing.  Request that the proceeding be reheard under   '                             
                     41.52 by the Board upon the same record. . . .                                                       
                                     REVERSED; VACATED; 37 CFR ' 41.50(b)                                                 



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