Appeal No. 1997-0200
Application No. 08/202,860
language “...a plurality of different characteristics...” and
“...different type of error...”, is correct in concluding that
the disclosure of Elischer meets the particular error
weighting feature of the claim. Each digit in a numeric field
in Elischer exhibits differing characteristics from other
digits and a failure of recognition represents a different
type of error. In other words, the characteristics of the
digit “3" which may result in an improper substitution for the
digit “8" are different from the characteristics of digits
which may be more or less likely to be confused with other
digits which would be indicative of a different type of error.
It is further our view that Appellants’ own specification
supports the Examiner’s claim language interpretation
discussed supra. At page 40 of Appellants’ specification, a
Characteristic Priority table is presented which indicates
that in the High Risk Digit portion of the table described in
the example on pages 43-44, differing relative weights are
given to the recognition confidence factor of each digit. In
our opinion, this table at least impliedly suggests that
Appellants themselves considered the recognition factor of
8
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