Appeal Number: 2006-2286
Application Number: 09/165,352
CONCLUSION
To summarize,
• The rejection of claims 77 through 87 and 93 rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as obvious over Norris and Mortgage Marketplace is not sustained.
• A new ground of rejection of independent claims 77, 81 and 93 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Norris and Rothenberg is entered pursuant
to 37 CFR § 41.50(b).
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 appellants, 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 . . . .
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