Appeal No. 2000-0189 Page 3
Application No. 08/864,460
clusters and the continuous probability distribution
density HMM.
(Appeal Br. at A1.)
The prior art applied by the examiner in rejecting the
claims follows:
Thomson 5,023,910 June 11, 1991
J. N. Holmes, Speech Synthesis and Recognition, 124, 125,
142, 143 (Chapman & Hall 1988).
Claims 1-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious
over Holmes in view of Thomson.
OPINION
After considering the record, we are persuaded that the
examiner erred in rejecting claims 1-13. Accordingly, we
reverse.
Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or
appellant in toto, we address the main points of contention
therebetween. The examiner makes the following assertions.
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