Ex Parte Esser et al - Page 11




              Appeal No. 2005-0393                                                                                            
              Application 09/536,728                                                                                          
              (effective September 13, 2004, 69 Fed. Reg. 49960 (August 12, 2004), 1286 Off. Gaz.                             
              Pat. Office 21 (September 7, 2004)), and a remand.                                                              
                      With respect to the former, we point out that 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. . . .                                                  
                      We hold the affirmance in abeyance until the examiner has addressed the issues                          
              set forth in the remand of Rejections III and IV.                                                               












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