Appeal No. 96-0361
Application 08/288,154
The examiner states (EA3 and EA5): "see column 1 and
figure 3, element 200, his plurality of fuzzifier registers
which correspond to the plurality of input signals." Column 1
of Basehore states (col. 1, lines 10-21):
Control systems and computer-controlled electronic
devices have historically been controlled by digital
control systems. Such control systems use bi-state
digital logic which requires a value of either "TRUE" or
"FALSE", so that approximations are often required of
real-world control problems. For example, an
input/output relationship y=f(x) would be specified
either as mathematical function or as a series of points
using, for example, a look-up table . . . .
Basehore discusses that an alternative approach to control
theory, known as "fuzzy logic," was developed in 1963 (col. 1,
lines 38-39). There is no teaching in column 1 of using a
look-up table with fuzzy logic as required for a § 102
rejection.
The examiner also points to registers 200 in figure 3.
The input signals are "mapped" to fuzzifier registers 200,
which each contain data necessary to fuzzify input data
according to a predetermined fuzzy set (col. 6, lines 25-41).
"According to the preferred embodiment, each of the input
fuzzifier registers 200 is a 24-bit register having 8 bits for
crisp input data, 8 bits for the center location of the fuzzy
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