Appeal No. 2003-0277
Application No. 09/097,979
to the skilled artisan “[g]enerating logical forms for comparison
to determine a relationship between two input texts. . . .”
Although Penteroudakis generates logical forms during semantic
analysis (column 2, lines 20 through 22), and Liddy’s process is
concerned with semantics (column 6, lines 6 through 9), Liddy
expressly states (column 6, lines 9 through 12) that his process is
carried out without “the use of logical operators.” Thus, as a
result of this teaching by Liddy, it would not have been obvious to
the skilled artisan to use logical forms in lieu of the language-
independent conceptual representations in Liddy. Accordingly, the
obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 9, 11, 12, 17 through 31,
36 through 50, 52 through 55, 61 through 70, 72, 73, 75 through 78
and 80 is reversed.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through 9, 11,
12, 17 through 31, 36 through 50, 52 through 55, 61 through 70, 72,
73, 75 through 78 and 80 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is reversed.
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