Appeal No. 97-0642
Application 08/242,318
Appellant argues that "it appears that the Horodeck
reference adds nothing of relevance beyond that described in
the Kato et al. reference" (Br23). We disagree. Kato is
directed to automatic symbology conversion used in full text
searching and has no teaching of a user manually designating
text to be converted from one text domain to another. As a
consequence, we found no motivation for one of ordinary skill
in the art to adapt this automatic conversion in a search
method to a pen-based computer such as Sklarew. Horodeck,
however, discloses a computer with a keyboard for performing
text domain conversions wherein delimiters are inserted by the
operator to designate portions of text to be converted from
one text domain to another. The computer responds to the pair
of delimiting signals to convert from kana to kanji (e.g.,
col. 15, lines 33-45). Horodeck also discloses that a list
(i.e., menu) of numbered choices is displayed in the assembly
portion of the cathode ray tube when the kana/kanji conversion
results in ambiguities (e.g., col. 15 under heading "MANUAL
RESOLUTION OF AMBIGUITIES"). Therefore, Horodeck discloses
manually selecting text to be converted, determining the
appropriate destination text domain, displaying a list of
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