Appeal No. 97-3144
Application No. 08/372,390
Appellant’s invention relates to an aircraft of the type
having a plurality of longitudinally extending fuselages. As
disclosed, the aircraft has a central fuselage 12 and a pair
of additional fuselages 18 and 20, one on each side of the
central fuselage. Claim 21, the only independent claim on
appeal, calls for a plurality of sidewardly joined fuselages,
connecting passages between the fuselages, retractable wings,
forwardly mounted canards and a rearwardly mounted tail plane.
The appendix to appellant’s brief contains a copy of
the appealed claims except for claim 13. A copy of claim 13
is found on page 3 of the examiner’s answer.
The following references are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness in support of his
rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
Oliver Des. 127,158 May 13, 1941
Harrington 2,623,721 Dec. 30, 1952
Gibson 2,806,665 Sep. 17, 1957
Beteille 4,598,888 Jul. 8, 1986
Pedrick (GB) 1,439,086 Jun. 9, 1976
Claims 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 18 and 20 through 24 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Pedrick in view of Beteille and Gibson, claim 19 stands
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
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