Appeal No. 2005-0050
Application No. 10/143,261
a plurality of electrically controlled gauges mounted to
said housing, each said gauge having a variable display value
corresponding to an aircraft condition;
a processor contained in said housing, said processor having
outputs electrically connected to said gauges for controlling the
display value of each said gauge, said processor being programmed
to simulate gauge display values corresponding to predefined
malfunctions of an aircraft; and
means mounted to said housing and electrically connected to
said processor for varying the time duration from initiation of a
simulation and before initiation of the simulated malfunction.
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over U.S. Patent No. 4,599,070 to
Hladky et al. (Hladky).
Attention is directed to the brief (Paper No. 12) and to the
final rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 6 and 13) for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner regarding
the merits of this rejection.1
DISCUSSION
Hladky discloses an aircraft flight simulator comprising a
pilot’s console 20, an instructor’s console 22 and a computer 24.
The pilot’s console includes a number of flight controls and
1 In the final rejection, claims 1 through 8 and 10 also
stood rejected under both the first and second paragraphs of 35
U.S.C. § 112. The examiner has since reconsidered and withdrawn
these rejections (see Paper No. 9).
2
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