Ex Parte MURTHY et al - Page 3



          Appeal No. 2000-2282                                                        
          Application 08/713,046                                                      

               27.  The method of Claim 25 further comprising specifying              
          which packets are to be delivered to a network monitor, wherein             
          the specifying step is performed more than once to yield                    
          different specifications of packets to be delivered to a network            
          monitor.                                                                    
                                    References                                        
          The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:                    
          Bosack                   5,088,032                Feb. 11, 1992             
          Douglas                  5,097,469                Mar. 17, 1992             
                                 Rejections at Issue                                  
               Claims 25-31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being             
          unpatentable over Bosack and Douglas.                                       
               Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the                  
          Examiner, we make reference to the brief1 and the answer2 for the           
          details thereof.                                                            
                                       OPINION                                        
               We will sustain the rejection of claim 25 and 26 and 28-31,            
          and reverse the rejection of claim 27.                                      



               1 Appellants filed an amended Appeal Brief on February 8,              
          2000.  We will refer to this appeal brief as simply the Brief.              
          Appellants filed a reply brief on July 13, 2000.  We will refer             
          to this reply brief as the Reply Brief.                                     
               2                                                                      
               2 The Examiner responded to Appellants’ Appeal Brief on May            
          11, 2000.  We will refer to this answer as simply the Answer.               
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