Appeal No. 1998-1903
Application No. 08/353,258
i) greater than that which a binary code would
require to represent an equal number of signal
levels; and
ii) less than that which a bar code would require to
represent an equal number of signal levels;
and being selected to have a higher monotonicity
than would such a binary code; and
using the coded input signal values to recognize the
pattern of physical occurrences.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Johnston 4,782,459 Nov. 01,
1988
Aleksander and T.J. Stonham, "Guide to pattern recognition
using random-access memories," Computers and Digital
Techniques, vol. 2, No. 1 (February 1979), pp. 29-40.
(Aleksander)
Claims 1 through 8, 11 through 15, 17, and 21 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Johnston in view of Aleksander.
Reference is made to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 26,
mailed May 15, 1996) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 37,
mailed January 21, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to appellant's Brief (Paper
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