Appeal No. 2001-0872
Application No. 08/880,137
text images; the value computed for the text image layout parameter representing a
class-specific value for all text images in the class of 2D input text images being
modeled by the 2D image model.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Chou 5,020,112 May 28, 1991
Melen 5,719,960 Feb. 17, 1998
(filed June 26, 1996)
Chou et al. (Chou), “A Stochastic Attribute Grammar Model of Document Production and its use in
Document Image Decoding,” SPIE, Vol. 2422, 1995, pages 66 through 73 (hereinafter referred to as
Kopec, the co-author of the publication).
Claims 1 through 11 and 13 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Chou in view of Kopec.
Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chou in view
of Kopec and Melen.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 14) and the answer (paper number 16) for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us, and we will reverse the
obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 25.
With the exception of the examiner’s finding (answer, pages 4 and 5) that Chou teaches
training image, the appellants have not challenged the examiner’s findings (answer, pages 3
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