The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JACOB W. JORGENSEN ____________ Appeal No. 09/349,477 Application No. 2003-1923 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL A patent examiner rejected claims 1-22. The appellant appeals therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse. BACKGROUND The invention at issue on appeal concerns telecommunications. Conventional telecommunications networks use circuit switching to achieve an acceptable quality of service ("QoS") for end users. Such networks, moreover, have been customized for the type of traffic to be transported. For example, voice traffic is sensitive to latency but 1An oral hearing was waived. (Paper No. 31.)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007