Appeal No. 96-1435
Application 08/265,497
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. §
134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-10, 13-25
and 29-34, which constitute all the claims pending in the
application. An amendment adding claims 35-40 after final
rejection was filed on February 24, 1995 but was denied entry
by the examiner.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for recognizing handwritten entries on a display
screen of a computer system. More specifically, the invention
normalizes strokes entered onto the display screen by rotating
each stroke about its own center or by adjusting the aspect
ratio of a bounding box surrounding the stroke before any
comparisons of the entered stroke are made against a stored
database. This form of normalization is said to permit the
recognition of handwritten information entered in any angular
direction.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for recognizing handwritten entries on a
display screen of a computer system, the computer system also
having a processor and memory, the method comprising the steps
of:
2
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