Ex parte KOVACS - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1998-2718                                                        
          Application No. 08/373,937                                                  


               operations on information received from said first                     
               and second classifier networks until said                              
               statistical value is generated.                                        




               The references relied on by the examiner are:                          
          Fukumizu                      5,060,278                Oct. 22,             
          1991                                                                        
          Lincoln                       5,155,801                Oct. 13,             
          1992                                                                        
          Matsuba et al. (Matsuba)           5,255,347                Oct.            
                                                                      19,             
                                                                      1993            
               Claims 14, 18, 19, 22 and 25 stand rejected under 35                   
          U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Fukumizu.                           
               Claims 15 through 17 and 26 through 29 stand rejected                  
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fukumizu                
          in view of Matsuba.                                                         
               Claims 20, 21 , 30 and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.2                                                         
          § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fukumizu in view of                     
          Lincoln.                                                                    
               Claims 23 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)               
          as being unpatentable over Fukumizu.                                        

               2The last paragraph on page 7 of the answer makes clear that claim 21  
          should be included under this rejection.                                    
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