Appeal No. 1997-4121 Application No. 08/427,272 element 8 and element 14 in Figure 2) in extracting word feature vectors in the learning means 3. Word spotting schemes were well known and such is admitted by appellants (see top of page 2 of the specification). Thus, appellants do not rely on “word spotting,” per se, for patentability. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007