Appeal No. 95-4237
Application 07/887,002
Appellants’ invention pertains to a device for
controlling the pressure load on a member caused by movement
of the member relative to a fluid, such member being, for
example, a forebody, canopy, fuselage, wing, or tail of an
aircraft. Independent claim 1, a copy of which is appended to
appellants’ brief, is illustrative of the subject matter on
appeal.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
support of rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 are:
Eknes 3,794,274 Feb. 26, 1974
Anxionnaz 3,951,360 Apr. 20,
1976
Lurz 4,664,345 May 12,
1987
Clites 4,726,548 Feb. 23, 1988
Miller et al. (Miller) 4,991,797 Feb. 12, 1991
The following rejections are before us for review:
(a) claims 1-6 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Anxionnaz;
(b) claims 1-6 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Miller;
(c) claims 1-5 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Eknes;
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