Appeal No. 2006-0970
Application No. 10/293,826
New Grounds of Rejection Under 37 CFR § 41.50(b)
Pursuant to 37 CFR § 41.50(b), we enter the following new grounds of rejection:
Independent claims 1, 7, 20 25 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
unpatentable as anticipated by Hagen and claim 27 is rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable as obvious over Hagen in view of Foote.
As to all of the independent claims, Hagen teaches the use of two capacitive plates
having different geometric dimensions to generate a net directional force [See col. 6
lines 17-44, and Fig. 8]
Hagen teaches the use of an ion conditioner to ion enhance air around one of the
plates
The function of the bias rods 132-135 is to draw ions away from the
antennas rapidly in the general direction of the bias rods [See col. 5
lines 61-63]
Thus ions are enhanced around the bias rods which form part of the plates.
Hagen teaches carrying a user
Therefore, with a structure having sufficient area, an operator and
additional passengers or payload may be carried. [See col. 8 lines 27-
29]
Hagen teaches the use of an inductive transformer to provide energy
The power supply … contained … a high frequency transformer [See
col. 2 lines 54-59]
Hagen teaches the use of air as a gaseous propulsion system
The air flow through flaps 208 on the lower surface inherently produces
forwardly directed thrust [See col. 10 lines 12-14]
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