Appeal No. 2000-0189 Page 5
Application No. 08/864,460
(Paper No. 16 at 5-6.) The appellant argue, "[i]n claim 1,
the quantizing vectors are converted into a label series of
clusters, for example. Where is this limitation taught in the
two quoted sentences? Claim 1 also specifies that the
incidence of the labels in each state are calculated from the
quantizing vectors of a training pattern classified in the
same label series of clusters, for example. Where is this
limitation taught in the two quoted sentences?" (Appeal Br.
at 5-6.)
In deciding obviousness, “[a]nalysis begins with a key
legal question -- what is the invention claimed?” Panduit
Corp. v. Dennison Mfg. Co., 810 F.2d 1561, 1567, 1 USPQ2d
1593, 1597 (Fed. Cir. 1987). Here, independent claim 1
specifies in pertinent part the following limitations: "vector
quantizing means for generating a model by quantizing vectors
of a training pattern having a vector series, and converting
said quantizing vectors into a label series of clusters to
which they belong” and “label incidence calculating means for
calculating the incidence of the labels in each state from
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