Appeal 2007-0789
Application 09/810,063
We AFFIRM but denominate the rejection as a new ground of rejection
under 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b).
The Brief2 separately argues the following groups of claims:
• Claims 1-3, 6, 8-10, 13, and 15-17 (Br. 6-18);
• Claims 4, 11, and 18 (Br. 11-12); and,
• Claims 21, 23, and 24 (Br. 12-13).
Claims 1-3, 6, 8-10, 13, and 15-17
Pursuant to the rules, the Board selects representative claim 1 to decide the
appeal with respect to the rejection of this group of claims, and claims 2-3, 6, 8-10,
13, and 15-17 will stand or fall with claim 1. 37 C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii) (2006).
Claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing priority network
service, said method comprising:
determining, by a network service provider, that a user computer
system has requested priority network service;
writing, by the network service provider, a high priority header to one
or more packets originating from the user computer system, in response to
the determining;
sending the one or more packets with the high priority header from the
user computer system to a second computer system connected to a computer
network;
2 Our decision will make reference to Appellants’ Appeal Brief (“Br.,” filed Mar.
9, 2006), the Examiner's Answer (“Answer,” mailed Jun. 2, 2006) and to the Reply
Brief (“Reply Br.,” filed Jul. 22, 2006).
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