Appeal No. 2000-0408
Application No. 08/917,480 Page 2
optimizing the spanwise lift distribution on a blended wing-body
aircraft by reconfiguring the deflection of trailing edge control
surfaces (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Ashkenas 2,549,045 April 17, 1951
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Ashkenas.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 6,
mailed February 1, 1999) and the answer (Paper No. 14, mailed
August 24, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 12, filed May 28,
1999) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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