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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                 
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
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                                         Ex parte JACOB W. JORGENSEN                                               
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                                               Appeal No. 09/349,477                                               
                                             Application No. 2003-1923                                             
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                                                     ON BRIEF1                                                     
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             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.)                                                  





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