Ex parte NAGEL et al. - Page 4




               Appeal No. 98-3047                                                                                                 
               Application No. 08/576,539                                                                                         


               the subject of a current Alarm Indication Signal (AIS cell).”  (Id. at 6.)  “There is no periodic evaluation       

               of the failure states 618 or failure information                                                                   





               621 data stored in the tables, to determine whether an OAM signal should be generated.”                            

               (Id. at 7.)                                                                                                        

                      Miyagi discloses, in the section identified by the examiner, that Cell Monitor 611 (Fig. 4) allows          
               comparison of a received cell  with the AIS (Alarm Indication Signal) cell pattern memory 615.  If the2                                                                                    





















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