Appeal No. 2006-3075 Page 8
Application No. 10/313,205
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. . . .
AFFIRMED: 37 CFR § 41.50(b)
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Donald E. Adams )
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Nancy J. Linck ) APPEALS AND
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Richard M. Lebovitz )
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