Appeal No. 2003-0401
Application 09/490,954
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a method for making, from a multi-axial
fabric, a skin for a member of a body. Claim 15 is illustrative:
15. A method of constructing a skin for a member of a body
such as an aircraft, the method comprising the steps of
providing a multi-axial fabric having at least three
differently oriented fiber layers,
forming first and second pieces from said multi-axial fabric
so that said first and second pieces are shaped to correspond
respectively to a shape of a member on one side of said body to
be covered by said skin and to a shape of a similar member on an
opposite side of said body,
inverting one of said first and second pieces, and
placing said one of said first and second pieces on the
other of said first and second pieces to form said skin for said
member.
THE REFERENCES
Benzinger et al. (Benzinger) 3,617,613 Nov. 2, 1971
Elrod 4,571,355 Feb. 18, 1986
Hunt 4,741,943 May 3, 1988
Palmer et al. (Palmer) 5,809,805 Sep. 22, 1998
“Prepreg Flipper”, 31 IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin 455-56
(Oct. 1, 1988).
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 15, 16 and 27
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite, and
claims 15, 16, 27 and 33 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious
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