Appeal No. 2001-2065
Application 09/124,871
area of the signal receiving element of said second
target area, said processing means distinguishing between
a first electromagnetic signal which is received and
sensed by one of said signal receiving elements or said
signal sensing portion, and a second electromagnetic
signal which results from the presence of a missile in
close proximity to said target area of said one of said
signal receiving elements or said sensing portion,
wherein the close proximity of the missile permits the
accurate detection of the location of the missile.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Vranish et al. (Vranish) 4,950,987 August 21,
1990
Santos et al. (Santos) 5,442,313 August 15, 1995
Allen 5,662,333 September 2, 1997
Schulz 5,987,349 November 16, 1999
(filed April 18, 1997)
Claims 1-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Allen in view of Vranish and Schulz
and Santos.
We refer to the non-final rejection (Paper No. 12) and
the examiner's answer (Paper No. 15) (pages referred to as
"EA__") for a statement of the Examiner's rejection, and to
the appeal brief (Paper No. 14) (pages referred to as "Br__")
and the reply brief (Paper No. 17) for a statement of
Appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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