Appeal No. 1997-1382
Application No. 08/478,172
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a two-pass document image processing method
and system using a repeatable unique image signature to identify each document. During
the second pass through the document processing system, completed stored information
is used in place of the incomplete imaged/scanned data to process the document. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 9, which
is reproduced below.
9. A method of processing documents comprising the steps of:
reading an image signature, wherein said image signature is created
from at least some portion of an image, from each document during a pass
of the document through a document processor;
attempting to match uniquely the image signature from each
document during the pass with a previously stored image signature;
recalling a stored record corresponding to the matched image
signature for the document when the image signature from the pass matches
the previously stored image signature; and
printing information from the stored record on the document.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the in rejecting the appealed claims
is:
Cain 4,523,330 Jun. 11, 1985
Claims 1-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Cain.
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