Appeal No. 95-1217
Application 08/039,674
(Fed. Cir. 1983). The Examiner has failed to set forth such a
prima facie case.
a. Claims 1 through 6
The rejection of independent claim 1, and dependent
claims 2 through 6, is based upon the Fukumizu reference
teaching a
plurality of analysis chains that are each, in the language of
claim 1 (with emphasis added), "a distinct means for analyzing
the image such that the object may be identified by one or
more of said parallel analysis chains." We reverse these
rejections because Fukumizu does not teach this element of
claims 1 through 6.
Fukumizu discloses a pattern recognition apparatus that
uses a neural network system. Pattern data is input into the
system
via a pattern input means, such as a scanner. Feature data is
then extracted from the pattern data and input into a
plurality of neural networks NET , with "i" representing the
i
number of neural networks. See col. 3, lines 41-49. Each of
the neural networks corresponds to a certain identification
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