Ex Parte CHAPMAN et al - Page 1



           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                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                     Ex parte ALAN S. CHAPMAN and HSIANG T. KUNG                      
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                                Appeal No. 2004-1703                                  
                             Application No. 09/333,269                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KRASS, OWENS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-24,                
          which are all of the claims in the application.                             
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants claim a node and method for controlling                 
          congestion in a data network.  Claim 1, which claims the node, is           
          illustrative:                                                               





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