Appeal No. 2005-0361 Application 10/252,177 first part” in claim 24 lacks a proper antecedent basis.2 These inconsistencies and ambiguities render the scope of claims 18 through 24 unclear. SUMMARY The decision of the examiner to reject claims 18 through 24 is reversed, and a new rejection of these claims is entered pursuant to 37 CFR § 41.50(b). This decision contains a new ground of rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 41.50(b) (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] 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 2 This lack of antecedent basis in claim 24 formed the basis for the 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, rejection which was prematurely withdrawn by the examiner (see n.1, supra). 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007