Appeal No. 1998-0669 Page 3
Application No. 08/507,194
Claims 1 and 13, which are representative for our
purposes, follow:
1. A computer implemented method of processing
a document, comprising the steps of:
inputting an image of the document, the image
including character images and at least one figure;
dividing the image of the document into
different areas including at least one character
area containing the character images and at least
one figure area containing the at least one figure;
processing the at least one character area to
obtain character codes representing the character
images;
writing the character codes representing the
character images into a first file; and
writing the at least one figure into a second
file which is different from the first file.
13. A computer implemented method of processing
a document, comprising the steps of:
inputting an image of the document including a
plurality of columns;
recognizing, using image processing, empty space
next to one of said columns; and
moving a portion of another of said columns to
said empty space which was recognized using image
processing.
The reference relied on in rejecting the claims follows:
Watanabe et al. 5,018,083 May 21, 1991.
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