Appeal No. 1997-3793
Application 08/294,235
there are n·r inputs to each node in the hidden layer. Thus,
in Example 3 on page 33, for a 2-variable (X={x , x }) 4-valued1 2
(R={0,1,2,3}) function there are 2·4=8 inputs
(x ,x ,x ,x ,x ,x ,x ,x ). In the term x , x refers to the0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 2
1 1 1 1 2 2 222 3 1 1
first variable and the superscript 2 refers to the value 2,
not a power. Because Hata does not disclose raising an input
to a power greater than one, the anticipation rejection of
claims 1-4 and 12-15 is reversed.
Although Appellant has elected to only argue the
exponential power limitation, we also note that Hata does not
disclose a multiplier circuit for multiplying the gated input
signals together. In equation (13), the dots between the
terms refer to a logical AND operation (page 30, right column,
line 5), not a product. Figure 1 shows a summer as evidenced
by equation (2). For this additional reason, the anticipation
rejection of claims 1-4 and 12-15 is reversed.
REVERSED
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