Appeal No. 2002-1985
Application No. 09/351,208
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Asahioka et al (Asahioka) 5,075,850 Dec. 24, 1991
Ikuta et al. (Ikuta) 5,852,798 Dec. 22, 1998
Claims 1 and 3-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Ikuta and Asahioka.
We make reference to the answer (Paper No. 12, mailed
September 28, 2001) for the Examiner’s reasoning, and to the
appeal brief (Paper No. 11, filed July 13, 2001) and the reply
brief (Paper No. 13, filed January 17, 2002) for Appellant’s
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
Appellant argues that Asahioka provides for a translation
system that relies on the use of a “retrieval flag” and applying
speculation based on the translation in the most recent sentence
(brief, page 5; reply brief, page 2). Appellant further points
out that the claimed use of indexed databases for structural
arrangement or cross-referencing these arrangements from
different languages is different from the technique of Asahioka
using an educated guess for selecting words with multiple
meanings by giving preference to the meaning used in the most
recent sentence (brief, page 5). Additionally, Appellant argues
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