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§ 1.659 Recommendation. - PATENT RULES
§ 1.659 Recommendation.
(a) Should the Board have knowledge of any ground for rejecting any application claim not involved in the judgment of the interference, it may include in its decision a recommended rejection of the claim. Upon resumption of ex parte prosecution of the application, the examiner shall be bound by the recommendation and shall enter and maintain the recommended rejection unless an amendment or showing of facts not previously of record is filed which, in the opinion of the examiner, overcomes the recommended rejection.
(b) Should the Board have knowledge of any ground for reexamination of a patent involved in the interference as to a patent claim not involved in the judgment of the interference, it may include in its decision a recommendation to the Director that the patent be reexamined. The Director will determine whether reexamination will be ordered.
(c) The Board may make any other recommendation to the examiner or the Director as may be appropriate.
[49 FR 48467, Dec. 12, 1984, added effective Feb. 11, 1985; paras. (b) & (c) revised, 68 FR 14332, Mar. 25, 2003, effective May 1, 2003]
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