Appeal No. 2006-0037
Application No. 09/874,371
20. An airplane cabin part improved for thermal comfort, the
improved part comprising:
a part for use in an airplane cabin having at least one
surface which, when the part is installed in the airplane cabin,
provides the at least one interior surfaces of the airplane cabin,
a heat-reflecting coating with a thermal emission coefficient
no greater than approximately 0.5 applied to the surface,
whereby the coated surface, when the part is installed in the
airplane cabin, provides improved radiation exchange with a
passenger when compared with an uncoated surface.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the final
rejection are:
Coleman 4,731,289 Mar. 15, 1988
Yoneda et al. 5,976,702 Nov. 02, 1999
(Yoneda)
Rensch 6,092,915 Jul. 25, 2000
Allemand et al. 6,178,034 Jan. 23, 2001
(Allemand)
Russell et al. 6,391,400 May 21, 2002
(Russell)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-3, 15, 17, 18 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Russell, and in the alternative
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Russell.
Claims 4-6, 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Russell in view of Allemand.
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