Appeal No. 03-0877 Page 3
Application No. 09/601,884
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the Brief (Paper No. 14) and Reply Brief
(Paper No. 16) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
Claim 9
9. A laminar flow control system which comprises:
a skin, said skin having a plurality of perforations
therethrough;
a base member supporting said skin, said base member
including at least one plenum chamber supplied with a
suitable source of suction;
at least one micro channel formed between said skin and
said base member, said micro channel connecting said at
least one plenum chamber to said plurality of perforations,
said micro channel having a cross-sectional area which
varies along said micro channel between said plenum and at
least one of said plurality of perforations; and
means for applying suction to the plenum chambers in order
to maintain boundary layer suction on a free surface of the
perforated skin.
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