Appeal No. 2006-0970
Application No. 10/293,826
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a device for lifting users by use of an electric
force between capacitive plates. An understanding of the invention can be derived from
a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an electric-energy lifting panel including a first capacitive plate and a
second capacitive plate having different geometric dimensions to generate
a net-directional force, the electric-energy lifting panel to levitate a user
secured to the electric-energy lifting panel; and
an ion conditioner to ion enhance air around the first capacitive plate
and the second capacitive plate.
PRIOR & RELATED ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Moore et al. (Moore) 3,381,917 May 7, 1968
Brown (Brown 1) 3,627,860 August 23, 1966
Kantrowitz et al. (Kantrowitz ) 3,818,700 June 25, 1974
J.L. Naudin, “The Lifters Experiments”,1 October 11, 2001 (Naudin 1)
J.L. Naudin, “How to Build and Replicate Yourself the Lifter1 Experiment”,2 January
2004 (Naudin 2)
Blaze Lab Research, “Lifters in Vacuum and Why They DO NOT Work”,3 January 2004
(Blaze)
1 http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/bp/16/lifters.htm
2 http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/bp/16/lftbld.htm
3 http://www.blazelabs.com/l-vacuum.asp
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