The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TED NODINE MAWHINNEY, and JEFFREY DON DAVIS
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Appeal No. 2002-2081
Application 09/304,188
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BLANKENSHIP, and SAADAT, Administrative
Patent Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-19, which constitute
all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for alleviating congestion in a communication network.
A particular feature of the invention is that the data flow rate
is controlled at the end user device in response to a congestion
condition.
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