Ex Parte Pahl et al - Page 8




              Appeal No. 2006-1391                                                                                        
              Application No. 10/168,806                                                                                  

              themselves of the provisions of 37 CFR § 41.50(b)(2004).                                                    
                     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. . . .                                               

















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