Appeal No. 1997-0809
Application 08/033,599
24 USPQ2d 1443, 1446-47 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (Nies, C.J.,
concurring).
Claims 5-8
Claim 5 recites an automated means for representing
status comprising means for indicating a virtual circuit
which is supported, means for indicating a virtual circuit
segment which is not supported, and means for indicating a
virtual circuit segment which is in use but which is
indicated as being inactive. This is described with respect
to the "U" and "F" bits on page 21 of the specification.
Appellants argue that Jolissaint does not suggest these
limitations or that the records being sent to the network
manager include information on which links are being used
(Br15).
The Examiner admits that Jolissaint does not disclose
means for indicating that a segment is in use and is
inactive, but concludes that this would have been obvious
because when node 4 fails, it will not be able to generate
an error report, and the network manager 30 will see link 24
being in use by node 3 and inactive by node 4 (EA6-7).
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