Appeal 2006-2328
Application 10/131,049
Regarding any affirmed rejection, 37 C.F.R. § 41.52(a)(1) provides:
(a)(1) Appellant may file a single request for rehearing within
two months of the date of the original decision of the Board. . . .
37 C.F.R. § 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 Primary
Examiner pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 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, abandonment or a second appeal,
this case should be returned to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
for final action on the affirmed rejection, including any timely request for
rehearing thereof.
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