Appeal No. 2002-1985
Application No. 09/351,208
analysis of Asahioka, is actually used for translation of an
incomplete sentence based on a previous sentence and determining
the missing part of the sentence from the translated words of the
most recent sentence. In that regard, even if only the
structural analysis of Asahioka without using the “retrieval
flag” in combination with the word dictionary and the syntax
dictionary of Ikuta is considered (answer, page 20), the
structural analysis still does rely on the previous use/meaning
of the most recent sentence for translation. Thus, the Examiner
has failed to provide a prima facie case of obviousness as the
combination of Ikuta and Asahioka falls short of disclosing or
suggesting the recited features of claim 1. Accordingly, the
35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 1 and 3-5 over Ikuta and
Asahioka cannot be sustained.
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