Appeal No. 1998-2753
Application No. 08/740,887
The appellants’ invention is directed to a target
detection, seeking and guidance system for a missile and to a
method for detecting, seeking and intercepting a target with a
missile. The subject matter before us on appeal is
illustrated by reference to claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A target detection, seeking and guidance system for an
air-to-air, air-to-ground and/or ground-to-air missile
comprising
a hyperspectral imaging system for detecting a target
having a predetermined hyperspectral signature;
means for enabling the missile to track the target
matching the predetermined hyperspectral signature; and
means including a missile controller for guiding the
flight path of the missile to intercept the flight path of the
target matching said predetermined hyperspectral signature.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Pinson 5,323,987 Jun. 28,
1994
Davies 5,329,595 Jul. 12,
1994
Cutts 5,379,065 Jan. 3,
1995
“A System for the Processing and Analysis of Multi- and
Hyperspectral Data,” Lurie et al., SIG Technology Review,
Winter 1994, pp. 43-58 (Lurie)
THE REJECTIONS
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