1213.02
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- 1213.02: New Grounds for Rejection:
- the Board can make a rejection on new grounds for any claim it wants to.
- (even if the claim was not previously rejected). Remember, this is different
- than the examiner who can only reject a claim on new grounds if he had already
- rejected the same claim for different reasons (an examiner it not allowed to find
- a new ground to reject a claim he previously put into allowance).

