Appeal No. 2003-0209
Application No. 394,390
equivalent of that which is set forth in appellants'
specification and claims.
The azimuth control system of the towed vehicle (10) of
Anderson is used to position the towed vehicle beneath and behind
a self-propelled towing vehicle by means of a tow line in such a
manner that variations in the azimuth heading of the towing
vehicle will cause the towed vehicle (10) to follow substantially
directly astern of the towing vehicle. The control system of
Anderson is not capable of positioning a hydrophone array
substantially parallel to the axis of a submarine "at any radial
position of the vehicle [towed vehicle] about the submarine," as
required in claim 11 on appeal.
Since we have determined that the teachings and suggestions
which would have been fairly derived from Anderson would not have
anticipated the subject matter of claim 11, or have made the
subject matter of claim 11 obvious to one of ordinary skill in
the art at the time of appellants' invention, we must refuse to
sustain the examiner's rejection of that claim.
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