Appeal 2007-2127
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,621
grammar of a natural language code. The Examiner finds that the '604
patent only describes lexical and syntactic analyses of formal programming
languages. The rejections involve the following limitations (claims in bold
indicate claims that were "overlooked"):
"words of a language" (claims 39, 41, 42, 47, 48, 53);
"words of a natural language" (claim 51);
"words of English sentences" (claim 40, claims 43 and 49 are similar);
"words forming English sentences (claims 40, 54, and 55);
"words and sentences" (claim 39);
"sentences of a language" (claim 56);
"syntactic analyses for parsing said sentences" (claim 56);
"syntactic analyses for parsing said words [of the English language]"
(claim 43);
"lexical analysis for checking the spelling of said words" (claim 39,
claims 48 and 52 are similar);
"syntactic analyzer for checking the grammar of said sentences"
(claim 74);
"lexical and syntactic analyses for parsing said [English] sentences by
checking the spelling and grammar of said words and said
sentences" (claims 40, 54, and 55, claims 49 and 62 are
similar);
" instructions executable to analyze the words [of a natural language]
for conformity with said rules" (claim 51);
"lexically analyzing each identifier to check the identifier for correct
spelling upon its formation" (claim 63; claim 64 because it
depends on claim 63);
"lexical analyzer to form the characters into sequences constituting a
word and thereupon to check the spelling of each of said words
upon its formation" (claim 65);
"checking the spelling of said word upon a determination that the last
character of the word has been input" (claim 66);
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