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Appeal No. 94-4200
Application 07/979,139
calculation means [processor 105 shown in Figure 1 and
described on page 5 of the specification] for calculating from
said time dependent inputs a predicted value, y*, of said
pattern sequence;
a computer memory [memory 110 shown in Figure 1 and
described on page 5 of the specification] associated with said
means for calculating . . . .
Thus, when properly construed, claim 1 claims a machine for
receiving a plurality of time dependent inputs and for
learning of a time dependent pattern sequence based upon these
inputs having the specific structures disclosed in the written
description and corresponding to the means-plus-function
elements recited in the claim.
We agree with the Examiner that the claim recites a
mathematical algorithm. The mere fact that a claimed
invention involves inputting numbers, calculating numbers,
outputting numbers, and storing numbers, in and of itself,
would not render it nonstatutory subject matter, unless, of
course, its operation does not produce a ‘useful, concrete and
tangible result.' In this case, we find that the claim
language recites a specific machine for learning of a time
dependent pattern sequence
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