Appeal No. 1996-3639
Application No. 08/076,504
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a two-pass document image processing method
and system using repeatable unique image signatures to identify the documents. During
the second pass through the document processing system, completed stored information
is used in place of the incomplete imaged/scanned data to process the document. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 9, which
is reproduced below.
9. A method of processing documents comprising the steps of:
reading an image signature from each document during a pass of the
document through a document processor;
attempting to match uniquely the image signature from each
document during the pass with a previously stored image signature;
recalling a stored record corresponding to the matched image
signature for the document when the image signature from the pass matches
the previously stored image signature; and
printing information from the stored record on the document.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Cain 4,523,330 Jun. 11, 1985
Claims 1-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Cain.
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