Appeal No. 1998-1317
Application No. 08/522,112
claim 8 also fails to disclose these elements. For example,
Examiner directs attention to col. 8, lines 13-19 for a
disclosure of the average size of word. See page 4 of the
answer. The paragraph in which these lines are found begins
in col. 7, at line 58. This section discusses the image
characteristics used to identify classes of image units. A
determination is then made as to whether or not the units are
significant. Two criteria used to classify a unit as
significant include frequency of occurrence and unit length.
There is no discussion of an average length of the image unit.
Hence no average size of words, sentences, and paragraphs as
recited in claim 8 is disclosed. Examiner refers the reader
(answer, page 4, bridging page 5) to col. 8, lines 52-66 for
the disclosure of “different fonts having varying point
sizes.” Font size is, however, discussed by Huttenlocher as
another image unit characteristic which can be used to
identify classes to which the image unit belongs. While this
disclosure may arguably relate to the step of providing a data
of parameters for different fonts having varying point sizes
recited in claim 8, it does not disclose the particular
elements of: average sizes of words, sentences, and
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