Appeal No. 2003-0854
Application No. 09/640,030
performing projection of investment in Nevo would have maximized
the profits and minimized the losses (answer, page 6).
Appellant argues that, as the Examiner concedes, Nevo
provides no teaching related to a template database or software
for performing geometric projection analysis, template matching
analysis and projection line analysis (brief, page 10).
Additionally, Appellant points to the teachings of Hirotaka as
general template matching and asserts that Hirotaka disclosure
lacks the specific claimed software executing on a computer for
generating an investment chart by performing geometric projection
or projection line analysis (brief, page 11).
In response to Appellant’s arguments, the Examiner indicates
that the sensors in Nevo are interpreted to be used for
monitoring the parameters which, in turn, require a comparison
between the investment chart and graphs of the template database
(answer, page 21). The Examiner further asserts that the use of
dilations, translations and rotations are well known, as
indicated by the pattern analysis and the P & F system of
Hirotaka shown in Figure 5, and would have suggested the claimed
analyzing the trends of a mathematical function (answer, pages 22
& 23).
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