Appeal No. 2000-0085
Application No. 08/802,582
aircraft floor comprising a perforated thin film for aircraft
decompression protection (specification, page 1) and to a
method of equalizing pressure in an aircraft which utilizes a
floor including a thin frangible film. Independent claims 1,
7 and 9 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and
a copy of those claims may be found in the Appendix to
appellants’ brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Dernbach et al. (Dernbach) 3,845,879 Nov. 5,
1974
McIntyre et al. (McIntyre) 3,938,764 Feb. 17,
1976 Brandon 4,432,514 Feb.
21, 1984 FitzGerald 5,002,085
Mar. 26, 1991
Claims 1, 2 and 4 through 8 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Brandon in view of McIntyre
and Dernbach.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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