Appeal No. 2006-0699
Application No. 90/005,937
1 REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM
2 The Appellant has indicated (Amended Appeal Brief, page 5)
3 that, for the purposes of this appeal, the claims will stand or
4 fall together. Accordingly, we select claim 27, the only
5 independent claim on appeal, as representative of all of the
6 claims on appeal, and reproduce it below.
7 27. An aircraft having an aisle extending longitudinally
8 adjacent a plurality of seats, comprising:
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10 (a) an elongate photoluminescent strip having a width, a
11 thickness, and a length, said photoluminescent strip extending
12 longitudinally and continually along the aisle of the aircraft,
13 emitting visible light without being energized by an electrical
14 current, and having an upper surface that is generally flat,
15 continuously, along the length of the elongate photoluminescent
16 strip; and
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18 (b) a light-transmissive plastic material extending
19 continuously over the elongate photoluminescent strip to protect
20 it and having opposed side portions that locate and retain said
21 photoluminescent strip, said light-transmissive plastic material
22 and said elongate photoluminescent strip forming an integral guide
23 strip having a continuous flat, smooth top surface in the
24 longitudinally extending direction of the elongate
25 photoluminescent strip, an interface between a top of the elongate
26 photoluminescent strip and light-transmissive material also being
27 flat and smooth, said elongate photoluminescent strip emitting
28 light in a continuous track along the aisle of the aircraft.
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30 THE REFERENCES
31 In rejecting the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), the
32 Examiner relies upon the following references:
33 Gagne (Gagne) 5,499,170 Mar. 12, 1996
34 Connew (Connew) 4,998,391 Mar. 12, 1991
35 Intrad News, Edition 13, September, 1989 (Intrad)
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