Appeal No. 1997-1665 Page 15
Application No. 08/289,134
inked object into a recognized word object for the purposes of
the present invention." Col. 8, ll. 37-40.
Shojima, in turn, teaches a handwriting recognizer
offering several advantages. Specifically, "it is an object
of the present invention to provide an on-line recognition
method and apparatus for a handwritten pattern which
automatically separates patterns, which does not depend on the
order of strokes, the number of strokes and the inclination of
the pattern and which
operates at a high speed." Col. 3, ll. 18-23. We are
persuaded that Capps' invitation to use known handwriting
recognizer and Shojima's teaching of automatic separation,
independence from the order and number of strokes and the
inclination of a pattern, and high speed would have suggested
the desirability, and thus the obviousness, of combining
Shojima' s teaching of handwriting recognition with Capps'
teaching.
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