The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ERIC BOUILLET, DEBASIS MITRA, and KAJAMALAI GOPALASWAMY RAMAKRISHNAN ____________ Appeal No. 2004-2127 Application No. 09/441,693 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McQUADE, KRATZ, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL A patent examiner rejected claims 2 and 3. The appellants appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse. BACKGROUND The invention at issue on appeal concerns routing and billing in a packet-oriented network. A Service-Level Agreement ("SLA") between a provider of network services and a customer (i.e., a "subscriber") specifies a minimum quality of service for handlingPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007