Appeal No. 2006-2765
Application No. 10/372,160
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as
follows:
1. A computer-implemented global optimization system comprising:
an input component that receives a problem, the problem being
based, at least in part, upon a mathematical function;
an optimization component that employs a quantum mechanical
tunneling technique in connection with determining an optimal solution of
the problem from among a plurality of solutions, the determination being
based, at least in part, upon utilities associated with the respective solutions;
and,
an output component that provides the optimal solution determined
by the optimization component.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Atkins el al. (Atkins), “Molecular Quantum Mechanics,” Oxford University
Press, Third Edition, 1997, pages 54 though 56, 164 though 201 and 304
through 308.
Gomez et al. (Gomez), “The Tunnelling Method For Solving The
Constrained Global Optimization Problem With Several Non-Connected
Feasible Regions,” Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Springer-Verlag, Volume
909, 1982, pages 34 though 47.
Claims 1 through 11 and 28 through 30 stand rejected under the
second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 for indefiniteness.
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