Appeal No. 1998-0224
Application No. 08/291,564
recites: "generating an onboard evasive maneuver for said2
first vehicle;
synchronizing the transmission of said evasive maneuver to
said
second vehicle . . . . "
Our interpretation of the disclosure of Fraughton
coincides with that of Appellants, i.e., while positional
information is exchanged between aircraft, no generation and
transmission of evasive maneuvers is disclosed. Fraughton, in
our view, at most suggests the exchange of navigational
information such as position, heading angles, speed, etc.,
between aircraft. From this information, pilots are warned of
the possibility of a collision in which case a pilot can take
appropriate action (Fraughton, column 5, lines 26-37). There
is no disclosure, however, of the generation of collision
evasive maneuvers, let alone any disclosure of the coordinated
transmission of such evasive maneuver information to other
aircraft. It is also apparent from the Examiner’s line of
reasoning in the Answers that, since the Examiner has
mistakenly interpreted the disclosure of Fraughton as
2A more detailed but similar recitation appears in
independent claim 25.
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