Ex parte KISHI et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 95-4187                                                          
          Application 07/835,374                                                      



                    setting harmonizing knowledge represented as a data               
          block for selecting and/or changing the element knowledge;                  
                    storing each content of the harmonizing knowledge in              
          a memory called a slot;                                                     
                    selecting and/or changing the element knowledge in                
          accordance with the contents of the harmonizing knowledge; and              
                    executing a plan generation and a problem solving by              
          use of the element knowledge thus selected and/or changed.                  




                    The reference relied on by the Examiner is as                     
          follows:                                                                    
          Setsuo Tsuruta et al. (Tsuruta), "A KNOWLEDGE-BASED                         
          INTERACTIVE TRAIN SCHEDULING SYSTEM -- AIMING AT LARGE-SCALE                
          COMPLEX PLANNING EXPERT SYSTEMS," Int'l Workshop on Artificial              
          Intelligence for Indus. Applications, 490-495, IEEE (1988).                 


                    Claims 1, 3 through 8, 11, 14 through 17 and 22                   
          through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being                    
          anticipated by Tsuruta.                                                     








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