Appeal No. 2003-0483
Application No. 09/375,429
identity in the instant invention is globally-unique, no two devices may have the same
identity wherever they are located, whether or not they are on the same or different
networks in different parts of the world and a mobile node address can be
unambiguously addressed even if its location changes.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for providing a network service, including:
receiving a packet that includes device identification information
that is distinct from location address information;
processing the packet; and
forwarding the packet to a location address.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Barton et al. [Barton] 4,307,446 Dec. 22, 1981
Gervais et al. [Gervais] 5,856,974 Jan. 05, 1999
(filed Feb. 13, 1996)
Claims 1-3, 6-8, 11-13 and 16-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 (b) as
anticipated by Gervais.1
Claims 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Gervais in view of Barton.
1 Since the patent date of Gervais is less than one year prior to the filing date of the instant
application, it would appear the more proper ground of rejection would have been under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(a).
2
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