Appeal No. 1998-2378
Application No. 08/390,862
when the match surface points are sampled in Robb..., the points are no longer in
sequence” [reply brief-page 5].
Robb does not provide for forming “at least one common portion between the two
point sets superposed on each other” and “maximizing the common portion length
calculated by said common portion length calculated by said common portion length
calculation section while minimizing the cumulative distance information.” The best that
can be said for the Robb disclosure is that it samples points on one surface and minimizes
the total distance between those points and another surface.
We also do not find the disclosure of Eisenberg to be of any help in providing for the
deficiencies of Robb. Eisenberg matches protein sequences but does not provide for the
specifically claimed paired points calculation and accumulation of distances between the
paired points, nor does Eisenberg extract a common portion “based on maximizing the
common portion length calculated by said common portion length calculation section while
minimizing the cumulative distance information calculated by said cumulative distance
calculation section,” as claimed.
Huang also does not provide for the deficiencies noted above with regard to
independent claim 1.
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