Appeal No. 1997-0809
Application 08/033,599
"responsive to said management information," not to the
specific information about the status and configuration of
virtual circuit segments.
Appellants have not shown any error in the Examiner's
finding of anticipation. The anticipation rejection of
claim 9 is sustained.
Claim 12
With respect to claim 12, Appellants argue (Br11) that
Jolissaint does not teach "means at each node of said packet
communications system for indicating the status and
configuration of the virtual circuit segments terminating at
said each node," but does not offer any explanation.
The Examiner states that "appellant's attention is
directed to col. 4, lines 35-42, col. 6, lines 4-18, where
Jolissaint teaches that each node generates reports
indicating the status and configuration of links terminated
at the nodes" (EA11). We agree that each node has means for
indicating the initialization status and configuration of
circuit segments terminating at the node. Appellants have
not shown otherwise. Claim 12 does not require that the
"means . . . for indicating" be anything other than a
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