Appeal No. 95-4386
Application 08/127,139
11 to 45, which constitute all of the claims pending in the application. 2
BACKGROUND
The subject matter on appeal is directed to the field of underwater detection systems that detect
underlying transient objects and underwater conditions (e.g., fish). As indicated in the specification
(page 1), ship track data and underwater conditions are read out from memory units for display on an
indicator. Appellants recognized that the prior art suffered from the problem that only present, as
opposed to past, underwater conditions could be recalled in association with ship track data
(specification, page 2). To overcome this problem, appellants provide an association means (see claim
16 on appeal and element 39 in Figure 2) which controls an indicator means 9 to display selected past
ship track points along with their associated past underwater conditions and underlying transient
objects. This assists fishermen in finding fish while aboard a ship by providing the ability to recall past
ship track and fish data, thus aiding the fishermen in making a better guess as to the location of fish.
As further discussed, infra, we find that the applied references to Suzuki, Nagao, and Rogoff,
as well as appellants’ admitted prior art, each fail to individually teach or suggest at least
2Claims 1 to 3 and 10 were canceled in grandparent application number 07/167,318 as per appellants’
amendment dated August 15, 1989.
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