Appeal No.97-2716
Application 08/261,772
WE REVERSE.
The appellant’s invention pertains to a ground position
indicator and signaling device. Independent claim 1 is further
illustrative of the appealed subject matter and reads as follows:
1. A ground position indicator and signaling device
for signaling airborne personnel comprising a
substantially pliable heavy, open weave web having a
triangular shape with a length ratio of sides to base
of at least about 1.5:1 for deployment upon ground
including a contrasting arrow on the web and means for
contrast between the web and the ground, which contrast
means provides a high degree of visibility to the
airborne personnel who are in an overhead position
adjacent to the ground upon which the web is deployed.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Wolff 1,937,374 Nov. 28, 1933
Adams 3,334,554 Aug. 08, 1967
Latimer 4,019,271 Apr. 26, 1977
Goff 4,792,258 Dec. 20, 1988
Hadzicki 4,892,272 Jan. 09, 1990
Hull et al. (Hull) 5,245,943 Sep. 21, 1993
Nowell et al. (Nowell) 5,325,798 Jul. 05, 1994
(Filed Dec. 22, 1992)
The claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in
the following manner:
(1) claims 1, 4, 7 and 9 as being unpatentable over Adams in
view of Latimer and Wolff;
(2) claim 20 as being unpatentable over Adams in view of
Latimer, Hull and Hadzicki;
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