Appeal 2007-0455
Application 10/096,452
class, and a distribution of those features with respect to a plurality of
descendant classes of that class (Figure 4A; Specification 18 and 19).
Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal, and it reads as
follows:
1. A tool for analysis of a classification hierarchy, the tool
comprising:
a display simultaneously showing a plurality of features that are
predictive for a class and a distribution of said features with respect to a
plurality of descendant classes of said class.
The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
appeal is:
Becker US 6,301,579 B1 Oct. 9, 2001
The Examiner rejected claims 1 to 10, 12 to 22, 24 to 28 and 33 to 40
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) based upon the teachings of Becker.
Appellants contend inter alia that Becker lacks a display that
“simultaneously shows two recited elements: (1) a plurality of features that
are predictive for a class, and (2) a distribution of the features with respect to
a plurality of descendant classes of the class” (Br. 7).
We hereby sustain the rejection of record.
ISSUE
Does Becker describe a display that simultaneously shows features of
a class, and a distribution of the features with respect to a plurality of
descendant classes of the class?
FINDINGS OF FACT
Appellants disclose a hierarchical tool in which a display 400
simultaneously shows in a first view 401 a plurality of features 405 for a
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