Appeal No. 1997-1577 Page 11
Application No. 07/941,466
where a computer system is not always available.
The examiner further opines (answer, page 8) that
the generation of hardcopies of computer generated
images is well known in the art and it would have
been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to
include this feature to be used in the same manner
as hardcopies have been used in the prior art for
training or planning purposes.
The appellants assert (brief, page 6) that “each of the cited
references fail to teach or suggest creating a navigational
chart for a simulated non-real-world environment.” The
appellants argue (brief, page 6) that the digital mapping
display system of Dawson displays information from existing
paper maps, and that there is no need to create a hard copy
navigational chart from the stored database, since the
corresponding real world navigational charts already exist.
The appellants rely upon the Declarations of J. Cary Quinn and
Joseph A. Petrazio. Both Declarations acknowledge
(Background, page 2) that non-real-world simulation features
are added to the visual database. The Declaration of J. Cary
Quinn states (page 2) that for about fifteen (15) years1
1A similar statement is made by Declarant Joseph A.
Petrazio for a period spanning six (6) years.
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