Appeal Number: 2006-0974
Application Number: 10/244,336
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 . . .
Should the appellant elect to prosecute further before the
examiner pursuant to 37 CFR § 41.50(b)(1), in order to preserve
the right to seek review under 35 U.S.C. §§ 141 or 145 with
respect to the affirmed rejection, the effective date of the
affirmance is deferred until conclusion of the prosecution
before the examiner unless, as a mere incident to the limited
prosecution, the affirmed rejection is overcome.
If the appellant elects prosecution before the examiner
and this does not result in allowance of the application,
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