Appeal 2007-1807
Application 09/751,037
The Invention
Appellants invented a controller having an encoding portion and a
decoding portion for monitoring and controlling the operating modes in a
network transceiver. (Specification 3.)
An understanding of the invention can be derived from exemplary
independent claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. For use with a network transceiver having a decoder and an
encoder, a controller that controls operating modes of the network
transceiver, comprising:
an encoder portion operable to direct said encoder to encode data in
one of an industry-compliant mode and a custom mode; and
a decoder portion operable, in response to sensing data received in
said custom mode at said decoder, to direct:
said decoder to decode said received data in said custom mode;
and
said encoder portion to direct said encoder to encode data in
said custom mode.
In rejecting the claims on appeal, the Examiner relies upon the
following prior art:
Herve US 5,740,163 Apr. 14, 1998
Agazzi US 6,721,916 B2 Apr. 13, 2004
(Filed May 15, 2001)
The Examiner rejects the claims on appeal as follows:
A. Claims 1 through 7, 9 through 16, 18 through 24, and 26 through 37
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Herve.
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