Appeal No. 2006-0699
Application No. 90/005,937
1 the Examiner has found that the top surface (75) of the plastic
2 material (70) is smooth.
3 Finally, the Examiner has found that Gagne describes
4 attaching the guidance system to a public passenger vehicle such
5 as a railway passenger car. (Examiner’s Answer, page 3, lines
6 10–21).
7 The Examiner has also found that Intrad describes an aircraft
8 aisle having continuous luminescent markers attached to each side
9 of an aircraft aisle and advantages to be gained from using
10 phosphorescent materials. (Examiner’s Answer, page 4, lines 2-5).
11 Finally, the Examiner has found that Connew describes a base
12 (30, 31), a photoluminescent strip attached to the base, and a
13 transparent cover. (Examiner’s Answer, page 4, lines 5-7).
14 The Examiner then concludes it would have been obvious to
15 modify Gagne by attaching a continuous guidance system to an aisle
16 of an aircraft in view of Intrad’s teachings. The Examiner also
17 concludes that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill
18 in the art at the time the invention was made to substitute the
19 lighting element of Gagne with the photoluminescent material of
20 Intrad since this would allow the evacuation route to be
21 illuminated in a more reliable manner.
22 Specifically for claim 27, the Examiner has found that Connew
23 describes a smooth undersurface of a cover is conventional in the
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