Appeal No. 2005-2341 Παγε 9
Application No. 10/420,187
tap the 1553 bus. Figure 8B shows elements of the Diagnostic Aid (DA) tool, and how
the tool can be connected to the 1553 bus of the helicopter via the RHE unit 802. The
DA tool includes a laptop computer 816 with a 1553 bus interface PCMCIA card 814, a
PCMCIA adapter cable 812, an extension cable 810 approximately 6 feet long, a bus
coupler 806, and an interface cable 804 that is approximately 24 inches long. The
laptop computer 816 is loaded with the DA diagnostic software and a diagnostic file
specific to the Apache AH64 model "A" helicopter.
Claims 1 to 25
In the obviousness rejection of claims 1 to 25, the examiner ascertained3 that
Sonehara does not explicitly teach that the control module and the operator interface
are mounted on-board the vehicle. To meet this deficiency in the teachings of
Sonehara the examiner concluded (answer, p. 4) that it would have been obvious at the
time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to replace the
test control module and the operator interface of Sonehara with the portable laptop
computer taught by Steinmetz and to mount the laptop computer on-board the vehicle
"in order to facilitate automatic report of faulty condition to the vehicle operator when
3 After the scope and content of the prior art are determined, the differences between the prior art
and the claims at issue are to be ascertained. Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17-18, 148 USPQ
459, 467 (1966).
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