Appeal No. 97-0642
Application 08/242,318
user interface for a pen-based computer similar to Sklarew for
correcting handwriting recognition results and we likewise
find no motivation in the record to combine Capps and with the
automatic conversion system in Kato. As discussed in
connection with the rejection of claim 1, handwritten
characters can broadly be considered to be from "one text
domain" (a "source text domain") and the font symbols can be
considered to be from "another text domain" (a "destination
text domain"). However, the Examiner does not rely on this
interpretation; the Examiner relies on the recognized word
object (the word after it is recognized from the handwritten
ink object) being in the source text domain. The rejection is
based on the conclusion that it would have been obvious to
convert between different symbology text domains as taught in
Kato instead of correcting words in a single text domain as
taught in Capps. We do not find motivation for this
modification in the automatic symbology conversion in Kato or
in the correction method in Capps. The motivation derives
from hindsight based on Appellant's disclosure. The rejection
of claims 21-23 is reversed.
Issue E: Claims 24-37 [sic, 24-27]
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