Appeal No. 2006-1547 Page 25
Application No. 10/114,668
Summary
The rejection of claims 1-28 as indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, is reversed.
The rejections of claims 1-7, 12-18, and 29-39 are affirmed as being
unpatentable over prior art.
The rejections of claims 8-11 and 19-28 under §103 are reversed.
New grounds of rejection of claims 8-11 and 19-28 under §103 are made
pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 41.50.
Regarding the affirmed rejection(s), 37 CFR § 41.52(a)(1) provides "[a]ppellant
may file a single request for rehearing within two months from the date of the original
decision of the Board."
In addition to affirming the examiner's rejection(s) of one or more claims, 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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