Appeal No. 2002-1527 Page 7
Application No. 08/885,817
(Fed. Cir. 1984); Connell v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 722 F.2d 1542, 1548, 220 USPQ
193, 198 (Fed. Cir. 1983); Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d760, 771, 218
USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983)).
Here, Aziz describes "communication between a node I coupled to private
network 22, and a node J coupled to the private network 30, as shown in FIG. 2."
Col. 6, ll. 59-61. The reference explains that nodes I and J can operate as "firewall
machines coupled between their respective networks and the Internet 20." Col. 7, ll. 3-
4. "For a description of . . . firewalls," id. at ll. 4-5, Aziz refers to and "incorporate[s]
fully . . . by reference,"5 col. 1, ll. 12-13, a patent application, which is now U.S. Patent
No. 5,416,842 ("'842 Patent"). Teaching that "firewalls (FWA) and (FWB) represent
computers, such as the computer illustrated in FIG. 1," col. 5, ll. 34-37, the '842 Patent
explains that each firewall "includes a central processing (CPU) 13. . . ." Col. 4, ll. 46-
47.
"Coupl[ing] the computers of a private network to the Internet 20," '842 Patent,
col. 4, l. 67 - col. 5, l. 1, each firewall "may thus act as a gatekeeper for messages and
5"[A]n application may . . . incorporate the content of another document or part
thereof by reference to the document in the text of the specification. The information
incorporated is as much a part of the application as filed as if the text was repeated in
the application, and should be treated as part of the text of the application as filed."
M.P.E.P. § 2163.07(b) (8th ed., rev. 1 Feb. 2003).
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