Appeal No. 1997-0920
Application 08/274,123
The claimed "match token sorter" is shown at step 107 in
figure 3B. The specification states (page 12, lines 18-21):
"In step 107, the micro-controller enables the processing
elements 13(i) to perform a sort . . . of the match tokens
which were generated in step 106, the search [sic, sort] being
performed according to the contents of the document pointer
field 32, document segment pointer field 33 and document
offset field 34." This statement appears to be in error.
Presumably, this should be sorting according to the content of
the match document pointer field 51, the match segment
pointer field 52, and the match document segment offset
pointer field 53 because: (1) this is consistent with
step 107 in figure 3B and the claim language; and (2) the
specification elsewhere states that fields 32 through 34 hold
the query information (specification, page 8, lines 11-15) and
there is no description in the specification of sorting
according to query information.
Dickinson sorts based on the number of sets of equivalent
words which have at least one equivalent word in the text
block. The Examiner's findings regarding Dickinson (EA5-6)
are accurate. However, claim 2 calls for more than just "a
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