Appeal No. 95-4237
Application 07/887,002
functioning in the manner set forth in claim 1 does not appear
to take into account the reference structures in their
entirety. In this regard, Anxionnaz’s blower 14 “maintain[s]
a pressure slightly lower than that which is created by the
speed of flow at the inlets to these orifices [3]” (column 1,
lines 65-68) so that a small fraction of boundary layer flow
is drawn in through each of the orifices (column 2, line 65
through column 3, line 5). The blower delivers this air flow
in the opposite direction to the propulsion nozzle 17 (column
6, lines 36-38). This operation certainly would appear to
have an impact on the ability of the orifices 3 of Anxionnaz
to function in the manner called for in claim 1. Further, the
presence of the liquid coolant in the plenum chambers and
pores of Miller would appear to have an impact on the ability
of Miller’s porous skin to function in the manner called for
in claim 1. As to Eknes, the operation of the jet engine
compressors when plenum air is directed into channels 19, and
the presence of the large exit port in the tail portion of the
aircraft when plenum air is directed along the fuselage, would
likewise appear to have an impact on the ability of Eknes’s
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