Appeal No. 2001-2696
Application No. 08/950,230
competition of agents does not, in our view, have any relevant
correspondence to the claimed interaction of selected agents with
different transaction environments.
We also find that the Examiner has not adequately shown how
the cited page 7 excerpt from Cliff corresponds to the claimed
monitoring of agent-models as they interact with a financial
institution environment and the subsequent selection of agent-
models based on the actual interaction as set forth in appealed
independent claims 7 and 9. It is our opinion that, even
assuming, arguendo, that page 7 of Cliff describes the
interaction of an agent-model with a financial institution, we
find no disclosure of any selection of agent-models based on the
interaction. While the Examiner suggests (Answer, page 9) that
the operation discussed at page 7 of Cliff is the “ . . . result
of genetic algorithm process of mutation and selection . . . , ”
we find that any indication that the genetic algorithm
generalities discussed in other parts of the Cliff disclosure
actually apply to the particular example discussed at page 7 of
Cliff is a result of unwarranted and unsupported speculation on
the part of the Examiner.
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