Appeal No. 2001-2001
Application 08/870,600
bottom left of the Figure 5A is the complete establishment of
the bandwidth.
On the other hand, the showing in Figure 5B clearly
indicates the data communication through the separately discussed
cross connect network begins or is initiated, to the extent
recited at the end of representative claim 41 on appeal, by local
switch 11 through various intermediary switches to local switch
32 and back again to the originating local switch 11.
Paraphrasing column 4, lines 7-11 as correctly interpreted,
after the registration of the required bandwidth has been
successfully completed as shown in Figure 5A, communication is
initiated at and carried out between the local switch 11 and the
local switch 32 through the cross connect network according to
the showing in Figure 5B. The structure to effect this is shown
in Figures 1 and 2.
Thus, we are unpersuaded that we have erred in our
interpretation of Shimizu. Clearly, when taken in light of
the teachings and showings of Shimizu, the subject matter of
independent claim 41 as representative of all claims on appeal,
clearly would have been obvious to the artisan within
35 U.S.C. § 103.
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