Ex Parte SILVER et al - Page 16

            Appeal No. 2006-1300                                                    
            Application No. 08/203,672                                              

            request for rehearing within two months of the date of the              
            original decision of the Board.”                                        
                 In addition to affirming the examiner's rejections of              
            one or more claims, this opinion contains a new ground of               
            rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 41.50(b).  37 CFR § 41.50(b)             
            provides that “[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 appellants 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 rejections, the              
            effective date of the affirmance is deferred until                      

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