The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ERIC BOUILLET, DEBASIS MITRA, and
KAJAMALAI GOPALASWAMY RAMAKRISHNAN
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Appeal No. 2004-2127
Application No. 09/441,693
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ON BRIEF
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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 handling
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