Ex Parte KRIEGER - Page 11



                  Appeal No. 2004-1823                                                                                      Page 11                       
                  Application No. 09/148,012                                                                                                              

                                                          Time Period For Response                                                                        
                           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 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. . . .                                                                         
                                  VACATED-IN-PART; REVERSED-IN-PART; 37 CFR § 41.50(b)                                                                    




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                                                      William F. Smith                             )                                                      
                                                      Administrative Patent Judge                  )                                                      
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                                                                                                   ) BOARD OF PATENT                                      
                                                      Toni R. Scheiner                             )                                                      
                                                      Administrative Patent Judge                  )   APPEALS AND                                        
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                                                      Eric Grimes                                  )                                                      
                                                      Administrative Patent Judge                  )                                                      




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