Appeal No. 1998-1386 Page 18
Application No. 08/269,156
considering character shape and context information ....”
(Appeal Br. at 8.)
Claims 1, 6, and 8, each specify in pertinent part the
following limitations: “the determining step ... comprising
the steps of simultaneously considering information pertaining
to the character shapes represented by the packages and
information pertaining to the literal context of the
characters represented by the packages.” Similarly, claims 16
and 17 each specify in pertinent part the following
limitations: “search means for selecting the result by
substantially simultaneously considering the shape and literal
content of the character hypotheses ....” In summary, claims
1, 6, 8, 16, and 17 each recite simultaneously or
substantially simultaneously considering character shape and
context information.
The examiner fails to show a teaching of the claimed
limitations. “The Patent Office has the initial duty of
supplying the factual basis for its rejection. It may not ...
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