Appeal No. 2001-0534 Page 2
Application No. 09/271,626
The appellant's invention relates to robotic means of
providing fire protection via unmanned air vehicles
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Dellinger et al. 4,666,105 May 19, 1987
(Dellinger)
Foote 5,503,350 Apr. 2, 1996
Primiani 5,507,350 Apr. 16, 1996
Claims 1 to 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Foote in view of Primiani.
Claims 5 to 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Foote in view of Primiani and
Dellinger.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 8,
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