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`Application No.
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`Examiner
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`Applicant(s)
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`CRAFT ET AL.
`Art Unit
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`J. Bret Dennison
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`2143
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`-- The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
`If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`ofthe Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
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`This communication is responsive to Applicant’s response dated 24 April 2006.
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`2. [XI The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-36.
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`3. [:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`2. [:1 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
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`3. [:1 Copies ofthe certified copies ofthe priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
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`noted below. Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT of this application.
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`(b) [I including changes required by the attached Examiner‘s Amendment / Comment or in the Office action of
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`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawings in the front (not the back) of
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`8. E Examiners Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`PATENT EXAMINER
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`TECHNOLOGY CENTER 2100
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`PTOL-37 (Rev. 7-05)
`Notice of Allowability
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`Application/Control Number: 09/970,124
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 1-36 are allowed in view of the Applicant's arguments (Response filed
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`4/24/2006, see Applicant’s arguments for detail) and the cited prior art of record. The
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`independent claims recite fast path processing at a network interface device on a
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`response to a solicited read command in which the response is placed directly into the
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`destination memory of the host computer, wherein the network interface device handles
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`the network layer processing and transport layer processing, enabling the host
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`computer’s protocol stack including a session layer portion that only processes the
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`session layer protocol, resulting in offloading the transport and network layer protocol
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`processing to the network interface device, freeing up processing from the host
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`computer, which, in addition to the rest of the claim limitations, are distinguished from
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`the prior art. For support, see Instant Specification (paragraphs 14, 54—59, 62).
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later
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`than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably
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`accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on
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`Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to J. Bret Dennison whose telephone number is 571-272-
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`3910. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday-Thursday Siam-5:30pm
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`Eastern.
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