EXHIBIT 3

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Notice of Allowability 

Application No. 

10/028,286 

Examiner 

Jordan Hamann 

Applicant(s) 

SAINT-HILAIRE ET AL. 

Art Unit 

2616 

- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence addressAll 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 

of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. ·see 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308. 

1. l8J This communication is responsive to Amendment filed 18 May 2006. 

2. l8J The allowed claim(s) is/are 1.3.4.6-13.15-21.24-31.33-41 and 43-56. 

3. D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f). 

a) D All b) D Some* c) D None of the: 

1. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received. 

2. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __ . 

3. D Copies of the certified copies of the priority _documents have been received in this national stage application from the 

International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)). 

• Certified copies not received: __ . 

Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE" of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements 

noted below. Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT of this application. 

THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE. 

4. 0 A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION must be submitted. Note the attached EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF 

INFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PTO-152) which gives reason(s) why the oath or declaration is deficient. 

5. 0 CORRECTED DRAWINGS ( as "replacement sheets") must be submitted. 

(a) D including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review ( PTO-948) attached 

1) 0 hereto or 2r O to Paper No./Mail Date 

(b) D including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment/ Comment or in the Office action of 

Paper No./Mail Date __ . 

Identifying indicla such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawings in the front (not the back) of 

each sheet. Replacement sheet(s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121(d). 

6. 0 DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the.deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the 

attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL. 

Attachment(s) 

1. 18] Notice of References Cited (PTO-892) 

2. D Notice of Draftperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948) 

3. D Information Disclosure Statements (PTO-1449 or PTO/SB/08), 

Paper No)Mail Date __ 

4. D Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit 

of Biological Material 

5. D Notice of Informal Patent Application (PTO-152) 

6. D Interview Summary (PTO-413), 

· Paper No./Mail Date __ . 

7.18] Examiner's AmendmenUComment 

8. D Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance 

9.0Other __ . ~fr~ 

CHAU NGUYEN 

SUPERVISORY PATENT EXAMINER 

TECHNOLOGY CENTER 2600 

U.S. Patent and Trademarll Office 

PTOL-37 (Rev. 7-05) . Notice of Allowability Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20060522 

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Application/Control Number: 10/028,286 

Art Unit: 2616 

DETAILED ACTION 

Page 2 

1. An examiner's amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes 

and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided 

by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be 

submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee. 

Authorization for this examiner's amendment was given in a telephone interview 

with Victoria Donnelly on 23 May 2006. 

The application has been amended as follows: in claim 33, line1, "claim 32" has 

been changed to -claim 31--. 

2. Claims 1, 3-4, 6-13, 15-21, 24-31, 33-41 and 43-56 are allowed. 

3. Claims 22, 23 and 57-59 have been canceled. 

4. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to 

applicant's disclosure. 

5. Waclawsky (US 6,449,255 B1) discloses a method and apparatus for managing 

packets using a real-time feedback signal. 

6. Tancevski (US 6,728,212 B1) discloses a method and apparatus for scheduling • I 

the flow of packets by monitoring buffer occupancy of one of a plurality of schedulers 

and redirecting a packet to a scheduler with a buffer occupancy below a threshold. 

7. Lo (US 5,559,801) discloses a packet sampling scheduler. 

Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the 

examiner should be directed to Jordan Hamann whose telephone.number is (571) 272- . 

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Application/Control Number: 10/028,286 

Art Unit: 2616 

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8564. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday-Thursday 8:30-5:30 and 

alternate Fridays. 

if attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's 

supervisor, Chau Nguyen can be reached on (571) 272-3126. The fax phone number 

for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. 

·Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the 

Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system. Status information for 

published applications may be obtained from either Private PAIR or Public PAIR. 

Status information for unpublished applications is available through Private PAIR only. 

For more information about the PAIR system, see http://pair-direct.uspto.gov. Should 

you have questions on access to the Private PAIR system, contact the Electronic 

Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a 

US PTO Customer Service Representative or access to the automated information 

system, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. 

JJH 

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Application/Control No. Applicant(s)/Patent Under 

Reexamination 

10/028,286 SAINT-HILAIRE ET AL. Notice of References Cited 

Examiner Art Unit 

Jordan Hamann 2616 Page 1 of 1 

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 

* Document Number Date 

Country Code-Number•Kind Code MM-YYYY Name Classification 

* A US-5,559,801 09-1996 Lo, William 370/412 

* B US-6,449,255 09-2002 Waclawsky, John G. 370/236 

* C US-6,728,212 04-2004 Tancevski, Ljubisa ~70/235 

D USE USF USG USH USI USJ USK USL USM USFOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 

* Document Number Date 

Country Code-Number.Kind Code MM-YYYY Country Name Classification 

N 

0 

p 

Q 

R 

s 

T 

NON-PATENT DOCUMENTS 

* Include as applicable: Author, Title Date, Publisher, Edition or Volume, Pertinent Pages) 

u 

V 

w 

X 

*A copy of this reference 1s not being tum1shed with this Office action. (See MPEP § 707.05(a).) 

Dates in MM•YYYY format are publication dates. Classifications may be US or foreign. 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 

PTO-892 (Rev. 01·2001) Notice of References Cited Part of Paper No. 20060522 

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Examiner-Initiated Interview Summary 

Application No. 

10/028,286 

Examiner 

Jordan Hamann 

Applicant(s) 

SAINT-HILAIRE ET AL. 

Art Unit 

2616 

. All Participants: 

(1) Jordan Hamann. 

(2) Victoria Donnelly. 

Date of Interview: 17 May 2006 

Type of Interview: 

[81 Telephonic 

D Video Conference 

D Personal (Copy given to: D Applicant 

Exhibit Shown or Demonstrated: D Yes 

If Yes, ·provide a brief description: 

Part I. 

Rejection(s) discussed: 

Claims discussed: 

1,2, 19,22,23,26,29,31,31,57-59 

Prior art documents discussed: 

Waclawsky (US 6,449,255 81) 

Part II. 

Status of Application: Amended after non-final office 

action 

(3) __ . 

(4) __ . 

Time: 10:15am 

D Applicant's representative) 

[81 No. 

SUBSTANCE OF INTERVIEW DESCRIBING THE GENERAL NATURE OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED: 

See Continuation Sheet 

Part Ill. 

D It is not necessary for applicant to provide a separate record of the substance of the interview, since the interview 

directly resulted in the allowance of the application. The examiner will provide a written summary of the substance 

of the interview in the Notice of Allowability. 

D It is not necessary for applicant to provide a separate record of the substance of the interview, since the interview 

did not result in resolution of all issues. A brief summary by the examiner appears in Part II above. 

(ApplicanUApplicant's Representative Signature - if appropriate) 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 

PTOL-413B (04-03) Examiner Initiated Interview Summary PaperNo.20060522 

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Continuation Sheet (PTOL-4138) Application No. 10/028,286 

. . 

Continuation of Substance ·of Interview including· description of the general nature of what was discussed: Examiner 

proposed amendment to put application in condition for allowance. Add claim 2 to claim 1, add claim 32 claim 31, 

and delete "any one of'. Cancel claims 22, 23 and 57-59. Delete "adapted to" from all claims in which it appears. 

Agent agreed to make proposed changes by a supplementary amendment.. 

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Issue Classification Application/Control No. Applicant(s)/Patent under 

10/028,286 Reexamination 

11 111 111 II 11 II 111 II 

SAINT-HILAIRE ET AL. 

Examiner Art Unit 

Jordan Hamann 2616 

ISSUE CLASSIFICATION 

ORIGINAL INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 

CLASS SUBCLASS CLAIMED NON-CLAIMED 

370 241 H 04 L 12 /26 I 

CROSS REFERENCES 

H 04 L 12 /56 I 

CLASS SUBCLASS (ONE SUBCLASS PER BLOCK) 

370 412 468 H 04 F 11 /00 I 

I I 

I I 

I I 

I I 

/~A~~~~- Jordan Hamann 5/23/06 ,_,, . CHAU UYEN Total Claims Allowed: 49 

/(A si nt Examiner) (Dal,) SUPERVISORY PATE---

. ~ U I\~ ~ ~~\) 

... O.G. O.G. 

(Prt~~y CE Print Claim(s) Print Fig. 

n :, uments Examiner) (~all~ ! 1 1 

D Claims renumbered in the same order as presented by applicant CPA T.D. R.1.47 

iii iii iii iii iii iii iii iii iii iii iii iii iii iii C C C C C C C 

C ·c, C ·ci C 'ci C ·ci C ·c, C ·c, C ·c, 

u: 8 u: 8 u: 8 u: 8 u: 8 u: 8 u: 8 

1 1 26 31 61 91 121 . 151 181 

2 32 62 92 122 152 182 

2 3 27 33 63 93 123 153 183 

3. 4 29 34 64 94 124 154 184 

5 28 35 65 95 125 155 185 

10 6 30 36 66 96 126 156 186 

11 7 31 37 67 97 127 157 187 

4 8 32 38 68 98 128 158 188 

5 9 33 39 69 99 129 159 189 

6 10 34 40 70 100 130 160 190 

7 11 35 41 71 101 131 161 191 

8 12 42 72 102 132 162 192 

9 13 43 43 73 103 133 163 193 

14 44 44 74 104 134 164 194 

12 15 45 45 75 105 135 165 195 

13 16 46 46 76 106 136 166 196 

14 17 47 47 77 107 137 167 197 

15 18 36 48 78 108 138 168 198 

18 ·19 37 49 79 109 139 169 199 

19 20 38 50 80 110 140 170 200 

20 21 39 51 81 111 141 171 201 

22 40 52 82 112 142 172 202 

· 23 48 53 83 113 143 173 203 

16 24 49 54 84 114 144 174 204 

17 25 41 55 85 115 145 175 205 

21 26 42 56 86 116 146 176 206 

22 27 57 87 117 147 177 207 

23 28 58 88 118 148 178 208 

24 29 59 89 119 149 179 209 

25 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 

. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Part of Paper No. 20060522 

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Search Notes Application/Control No. Applicant(s)/Patent under 

Reexamination 

111 111 I I II 11 II 111 II 

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Examiner Art Unit 

Jordan Hamann 2616 

SEARCHED SEARCH NOTES . 

(INCLUDING SEARCH STRATEGY) 

Class Subclass Date Examiner DATE EXMR 

370/395.4-395.43 (text search only- 1/3/2006 JJH see search history printout) llpd11id,u. ]If 

s-/r/ot;, 

370/428-429 (text search only-see 1/3/2006 JJH search history printout) 

370/468 (text search only-see search 1/3/2006 JJH history printout) 

370/412 (text search only-see search 1/3/2006 JJH history printout) 

·W 

370/241 (text search only-see search 5/8/2006 JJH history printout) 

INTERFERENCE SEARCHED 709/223-225 (text search only-see 5/8/2006 JJH search history printout) 

Class Subclass Date Examiner 

See search history 

printout 

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Application/Control No. Applicant(s)/Patent under 

Index of Claims Reexamination 

111 111111111111111 II 

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✓ Rejected - (Through numeral) Non-Elected Appeal Cancelled N A 

= Allowed + Restricted I Interference 0 Objected 

Claim Date Claim Date Claim Date 

iii <ii co iii iii co iii iii C e C e C 

C :g, ..., C ·5, ..., C :~ u:: ~ u:: ·c: !::! u:: 0 0 "' 0 

1 1 = 39 51 = 101 A 40 52 = 102 - 2 3 = 48 53 = 103 

3 4 = 49 54 = 104 

" 41 55 = 105 

10 6 = 42 56 = 106 

11 7 = 107 

4 8 = 108 

5 9 = 109 

6 10 = 60 110 

7 11 = 61 111 

8 12 62 112 

9 13 = 63 113 . 64 114 

12 15 = 65 115 

13 16 = 66 116 

14 17 = 67 117 

15 18 = 68 118 

18 19 69 119 

19 20 = 70 120 

20 21 = 71 121 

72 122 ,,..., 73 123 

16 24 = 74 124 

17 25 = 75 125 

21 26 = 76 126 

22 27 = 77 127 

23 28 = 78 128 

24 29 = 79 129 

25 30 = 80 130 

26 31 = 81 131 

82 132 

27 33 = 83 133 

29 34 = 84 134 

28 35 = 85 135 

30 36 = 86 136 

31 37 = 87 137 

32 38 = 88 138 

33 39 = 89 139 

34 40 = 90 140 

35 41 = 91 141 .. , 92 142 

43 43 ·= 93 143 

44 44 94 144 

45 45 = 95 145 

46 46 = 96 146 

47 47 = 97 147 

36 48 = 98 148 

37 49 = 99 149 

38 50 = 100 150 

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