Appeal No. 1997-1665 Page 29
Application No. 08/289,134
Regarding claim 16 the examiner asserts, "Shojima
discloses a set of one characteristic of the input handwriting
comprises an angle of a vertex (figure 12a )." (Examiner's
Answer at 7.) The reference supports the assertion.
Specifically, Shojima calculates the angle of each vertex of
each triangle shown in Figure 12 to obtain "angle difference
data." Col. 9, l. 44. The angle difference data inter alia
are used to perform handwriting recognition. Col. 10, l. 3.
In view of calculation, we are persuaded that teachings from
the prior art would have suggested the limitations of "said
set of one or more characteristics of said input handwriting
comprises an angle of a vertex." Therefore, we affirm the
rejection of claim 16 as obvious over Capps in view of
Shojima.
Regarding claim 17 the examiner admits, "CAPPS is silent
about various characteristics of input hand [sic] handwriting
...." (Examiner's Answer at 8.) Faced with the deficiency he
alleges, "Shojima discloses a set of one characteristic of the
input handwriting comprises a number of loops defined by the
handwriting (figure 39, elements 847 and 870)." (Id.) The
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