Appeal No. 1997-4044 Page 2
Application No. 08/504,233
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a removable air
mandrel for use in positioning hydrophone groups in the
construction of towed array sonar systems (claims 1 and 3 to
10) and a process for installing hydrophone mandrels into an
array forming part of a sonar system (claims 11 and 13 to 18).
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claims 1 and 11, which are reproduced in
the opinion section below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Boxmeyer 4,514,447 Apr. 30,
1985
Bledsoe et al. 4,809,243 Feb.
28, 1989
(Bledsoe)
Maas et al. 5,256,237 Oct. 26,
1993
(Maas)
Davis et al. 5,259,901 Nov. 9,
1993
(Davis)
Muto et al. 5,324,558 June 28,
1994
(Muto)
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