Appeal No. 96-3037
Application No. 08/252,474
The appellant's invention is directed to a railgun using a
composite insulator. The subject matter before us on appeal is
illustrated by reference to claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A railgun comprised of:
a plurality of rails;
a laminated insulator comprised of laterally positioned
layers of insulation material separated by a conducting layer;
said insulator being located between the rails so as to form
a bore;
an armature located within the bore; and
means for generating a current to be applied to the armature
through the rails thereby causing a magnetic field to be
generated capable of accelerating the armature along the bore.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Creedon 4,681,015 Jul. 21, 1987
Bauer 5,375,504 Dec. 27, 1994
Thio et al. (Thio), “On Some Techniques To Achieve Ablation Free
Operation Of Electromagnetic Rail Launchers,” Conf. Proc., 6th
Symp. on Electromag. Launch Tech., Austin, TX (April 28-30,
1992).
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 5, 7, 8 and 10-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Thio.
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