Appeal No. 95-3031
Application 08/057,206
5. A method for processing a form to convert it from an electronic image of a form into a
valid coded text string that automatically initiates data processing procedures, comprising the
steps of:
capturing an image of the form received from a particular user;
extracting a plurality of character and field data candidate strings from said image; and
validating said character and field data candidate strings using a user profile associated
with said particular user to produce the valid coded text string in a computer-readable format.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Nakano et al. (Nakano) 4,907,285 Mar. 06, 1990
Rosenbaum et al. (Rosenbaum) 5,031,223 Jul. 09, 1991
Pasetes, Jr. et al. (Pasetes) 5,202,977 Apr. 13, 1993
Ojha 5,274,468 Dec. 28, 1993
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
Claims 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 and 21-31 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Ojha.
Claims 1-4 and 14-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Ojha in
view of Nakano.
Claims 6, 9, 10 and 12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Ojha in view of Pasetes.
Claim 14 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Rosenbaum in view
of Nakano.
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