Appeal No. 2000-0957
Application 06/344,455
means for using the display to determine the slant
range S and the altitude H of the selected target
relative to the position of the radar system.
Independent claim 16 is a method counterpart to claim 1.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Harris 2,639,422 May 19, 1953
Claims 1 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)
as being anticipated by Harris.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 7) and the
Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 13) (pages referred to as
"EA__") for a statement of the Examiner's position and to
the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 11) (pages referred to as
"Br__") for a statement of Appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
Teachings of Harris
Harris discloses a bistatic radar system having a host
transmitter at A, a receiver at B located a distance D from
A, and a target P at a height y and a slant range S from B,
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as shown in figure 1. As acknowledged by Appellants
(Br12-13): "Target images are displayed on a PPI display
which is viewed to determine an indication of slant range S2
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