Ex Parte LOUDON et al - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2000-2065                                                          
          Application No. 08/652,160                                                    
                                      References                                        
               The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:                 
          Gourdol                   5,594,810                 Jan. 14, 1997             
          Poon et al.               5,687,254                 Nov. 11, 1997             
          Yoshida et al. "Online Handwritten Character Recognition for a                
          Personal Computer System."  IEEE Transactions on Consumer                     
          Electronics, vol. CE-28, no. 3 (August 1982), pp. 202-209.                    

                                  Rejections at Issue                                   
               Claims 17, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61 and 62 stand rejected under                
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Yoshida, Poon and                  
          Gourdol.                                                                      
               Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the                    
          Examiner, we make reference to the brief1 and the answer 2 for the            
          details thereof.                                                              
                                       OPINION                                          
               We will reverse the rejection of claims 17, 55, 56, 58, 59,              
          61 and 62.                                                                    


               1                                                                        
               1 Appellants filed an Appeal Brief on February 14, 2000.  We             
          will refer to the appeal brief as the Brief.                                  
               2 The Examiner filed an answer on February 29, 2000.  We                 
          will refer to the answer as the Answer.                                       
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