Appeal NO. 2005-0577
Application No. 09/741,237
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.
No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection
with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
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