Appeal No. 2000-0141 Page 6
Application No. 08/673,693
discloses increasing bandwidth during computer operations.”
(Appeal Br. at 5.)
In deciding obviousness, “[a]nalysis begins with a key
legal question -- what is the invention claimed?” Panduit
Corp. v. Dennison Mfg. Co., 810 F.2d 1561, 1567, 1 USPQ2d
1593, 1597 (Fed. Cir. 1987)(emphasis in original). Here,
claim 1 specifies in pertinent part the following limitations:
"increasing said existing bandwidth allocation to said area of
interest." Similarly, claims 8 and 15 specify in pertinent
part the following limitations: "an increase bandwidth
mechanism configured to increase said existing bandwidth
allocation.” Also similarly, claim 22 specifies in pertinent
part the following limitations: “computer readable code
configured to cause said
computer to effect an increase bandwidth mechanism configured
to increase said existing bandwidth allocation.” Accordingly,
claims 1, 8, 15, and 22 require inter alia allocating
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