Appeal No. 1998-2378
Application No. 08/390,862
The examiner cites various portions of Robb purporting to show extracting common
portions from two three-dimensional sets, superposing the two sets, calculating a number
of points paired to form a common portion between the two sets, and accumulating
distances between paired points. The examiner hedges on whether Robb provides for
extracting common portions with the greatest length but contends that Robb suggests
considering the greatest length “(which is considered as the greatest number of points -
claim 1, line 13) in the abstract, lines 15-16, by using a large number of starting points, and
where this is most desirable as noted in column 5, lines 12-13" [answer-page 5].
The examiner then notes that Eisenberg also provides for extracting a common
portion from two 3-D sets, superposing for partial matching, calculating a number of points
paired for a common portion where length is specifically noted.
The examiner concludes that it would have been obvious to extract common
portions with the greatest length “since it is well known to extract common portions such as
residues...as taught by Eisenberg...because both Robb and Eisenberg both provide for
matching common portions...and because Eisenberg provides for the further advantage of
analyzing three-dimensional proteins” [answer-page 5].
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