Appeal No. 94-4200
Application 07/979,139
calculating,
$ = $ +2*x h
i i i i n
$i(t) 2 $ (t)
k (t) = x (t)ei i /(R + E x (t) j ) j
j=1
w (t+1) = w (t)+k (t)*(t)x (t)i i i i
h (t+1) = [h (t) + k (t)*(t)][l - k (t)x (t)] . t
i i i i i
The Examiner does not rely on any references.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as being non-
statutory subject matter. Claim 1 is also rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the brief and answers for the 2
respective details thereof.
OPINION
After a careful consideration of the record before us, we
will not sustain the 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejection of claim 1.
With respect to the mathematical algorithm exception, the
Federal Circuit in State Street Bank v. Signature Financial,
2The Examiner responded to the brief with an Examiner's
answer, mailed June 14, 1994. The Examiner mailed a
supplemental Examiner's answer on May 20, 1996. The Examiner
mailed a second supplemental Examiner's answer on July 30,
1996.
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