Appeal No. 1998-3335
Application 08/014,867
from a value of the memory element S after the integer j
m
exceeds n in step h);
j) analyzing, by the gene information survey
apparatus, the sequences of atomic groups in the first
and second chains of atomic groups using the length of a
longest common subsequence; and
k) displaying the longest common subsequence and
results of the analyzing step on a display device.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
The Student Edition of MATLAB (Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1992),
Chapter 7 - Matrix Operations, pp. 55-60,
Chapter 14 - Graphing, pp. 107-118, and
Chapter 15 - Control Flow, pp. 119-123.
Claims 31-37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as
being directed to nonstatutory subject matter as a
"mathematical algorithm."
Claims 31-37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over MATLAB.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 29) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 35) (pages referred to as "EA__")
for a statement of the Examiner's position, and to the
supplemental Appeal Brief (Paper No. 34) and the Reply Brief
(Paper No. 36) for a statement of Appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
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