Appeal No. 1998-1386 Page 25
Application No. 08/269,156
The examiner fails to show a teaching or suggestion of
the claimed limitation. As mentioned regarding the
anticipation by Fujisaki, the examiner has not shown that
Fujisaki teaches the claimed limitations. He likewise has not
shown that the reference would have suggested the limitations.
The examiner also fails to allege, let alone show, that Guyon
remedies the defects of Fujisaki.
Accordingly, we are not persuaded that teachings from the
prior art would appear to have suggested the claimed
limitation of simultaneously considering character shape and
context information and also reverse-searching paths that
comprise character hypotheses corresponding to received data.
Therefore, we reverse the rejection of claim 9 over Fujisaki
in view of Guyon. Next, and last, we address the anticipation
of claims 1, 6, and 9 by Hullender.
Anticipation of Claims 1, 6, and 9 by Hullender
Regarding the anticipation of claims 1, 6, and 9 by
Hullender, the appellant argues, “In Hullender, there is no
searching in reverse (relative to another search) ....”
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