Appeal No. 1997-1572
Application 07/792,534
disclose a collection processor and a recognition processor
[brief, pages 6 to 7]. We disagree with Appellant’s position.
Nakatsuka, figure 1, does show a collection processor in CPU 3
and a part of RAM 5, since processor 3 receives the input
(handwritten sample) from input device 2 and stores it in RAM
5. Nakatsuka also shows a library of user character samples
in dictionary units 8 and 9. Nakatsuka further shows a
recognition processor as CPU 3 and unit 7. Claim 11 does not
call for a general processor. Therefore, we need not discuss
here arguments regarding the general processor. Thus, we
sustain the rejection of claim 11.
We now consider independent claim 1. Additional to the
elements discussed above relating to claim 11, the Examiner
contends that Nakatsuka also shows a general processor. The
Examiner states that Nakatsuka discloses a “general processor
coupled to the accelerator system and operable to receive and
use the second data (3 in figure 1)” [answer, page 3]. The
Examiner also states that Nakatsuka does not show a plurality
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