Appeal No. 2006-0486 Page 2
Application No. 10/300,916
articulation movement and stowage of the landing gear with the
attachment installed. This appealed subject matter is adequately
represented by independent claim 1 which reads as follows:
1. Aircraft noise reduction apparatus including at
least one noise-reducing attachment for landing gear of
the aircraft shaped for positioning on the landing gear
in a spaced apart relationship with the landing gear to
deflect air away from noise inducing components of the
landing gear and to permit deflection, lateral
articulation movement and stowage of the landing gear
with the attachment installed.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness:
Williams 1,531,588 Mar. 31, 1925
Cussons 2,652,214 Sep. 15, 1953
Hartley 5,104,063 Apr. 14, 1992
Derrien (Derrin ‘481) 5,269,481 Dec. 14, 1993
Derrien et al. (Derrien ‘030) 5,478,030 Dec. 26, 1995
Holloway 6,131,852 Oct. 17, 2000
Blackburn and General Aircraft 745,965 Mar. 07, 1956
(Blackburn) (Great Britain Pat. Specification)
Thorpe et al. (Thorpe) EP 0 846 540 A2 Jun. 10, 1998
(Eur. Pat. Application)
Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a):
Claims 1-3 and 22-25 are rejected over Derrien ‘030 in view
of Williams and Thorpe;
Claims 1, 6 and 26 are rejected over Derrien ‘030 in view of
Thorpe and Cussons;
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