Appeal No. 1997-0809
Application 08/033,599
prior art."); In re Wiseman, 596 F.2d 1019, 1022, 201 USPQ
658, 661 (CCPA 1979) (arguments must first be presented to
the Board before they can be argued on appeal).
Claim 9
With respect to claim 9, Appellants argue (Br10):
"There is no teaching or suggestion in Jolissaint of a means
for managing a communications network responsive to
management information regarding status and configuration of
virtual circuits contained in a plurality of subvectors."
We note that claim 9 recites "means responsive to said
management information for managing said packet
communications network" (emphasis added), not means
"responsive to management information regarding status and
configuration," as argued. While the management information
may include specific information about the status and
configuration, it is not positively recited that the means
for managing is responsive to the status and configuration
information; i.e., it could be responsive to other types of
management information. Nevertheless, the information in
Jolissaint is considered information regarding status and
configuration.
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