Appeal 2006-3366 Application 10/864,041 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) 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 that the proceeding be reheard under § 41.52 by the Board upon the same record. . . . No time period for taking any subsequent action in connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136(a)(1)(iv). AFFIRMED-IN-PART 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) KIS ERNEST D. BUFF ERNEST D. BUFF AND ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. 231 SOMERVILLE ROAD BEDMINSTER, NJ 07921 21Page: Previous 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
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