The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALEXANDER GIBSON FRASER and GLENFORD E. MAPP
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Appeal No. 2003-0483
Application No. 09/375,429
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, FLEMING and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20.
The invention is directed to network systems. In particular, an addressing
scheme is disclosed whereby every global-valid address, such as an IP address,
contains device identity in a first field and device location information in a second field.
The scheme allows for dynamic correction of location information. Since the device
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