Appeal No. 97-1142
Application 08/260,831
screen. A basic understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. An amusement ride apparatus comprising:
a motion base with up to six degrees of freedom of motion
including a plurality of actuators supporting a platform;
a passenger holding means secured to said platform and
including a plurality of seats;
a 3-D video image means including a screen and a digital
video player and projector attached to move with said platform
wherein said digital video player projects a 3-D picture on said
screen; and
a control system including a computer which receives digital
signals encoded on a digital storage medium for moving said
platform in correspondence with the projected image.
In rejecting appellants’ claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the
examiner relies upon the reference listed below:
Trumbull (Trumbull ‘256) 4,066,256 Jan. 3, 1978
The following references of record are relied upon by this
merits panel of the Board in support of new rejections made
pursuant to our authority under 37 CFR § 1.196(b):
Hayes et al. (Hayes) 4,855,842 Aug. 8, 1989
Noble 4,907,860 Mar. 13, 1990
Trumbull (Trumbull ‘670) 5,433,670 Jul. 18, 1995
(filed Feb. 5, 1993)
The Rejection
Claims 1-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Trumbull ‘256. The examiner concedes that
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