Appeal No. 97-1622
Application No. 08/109,179
similar case extraction means for,
when a new input event is input, enlarging the
calculated neighborhood of the input space to a
predetermined degree, and extracting an input
case similar to the calculated neighborhood from
an input case in the input space;
similarity determination means for
determining a similarity between the new input
event and the extracted similar input case on
the basis of the predetermined degree of
enlarging;
The Examiner, in arguing (answer, page 10) that DARPA
discloses this feature, submits that the concept of “partial
matching” which avoids searching extensively through all the
stored cases for exact matches would involve enlarging of a
neighborhood. The examiner states at page 10 of the answer
In the “Indexing” section of pages 6-7 DARPA clearly
teaches that “stored cases are unlikely to match
exactly,” thus one must “perform some form of
partial matching.” This clearly teaches enlarging
the
neighborhood to extract a similar case.
Appellants have responded at page 9 of the reply brief and
after a careful review of DARPA we agree that although
“partial matching” might involve the selection of most-on-
point cases from cases which do not match exactly, such
technique falls short of disclosing the claimed enlargement of
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