Appeal 2007-2519
Application 10/616,208
Feyereisen. The Examiner states: “it appears that the indicators [in
Feyereisen] are enlarged responsive to the user selecting and manipulating
the altimeter indicator. Even if it is not, enlarging a graphical object to
receive user manipulation is well known in the art as disclosed by Amro
(col. 5, lines 43-64, col. 6, lines 43-65, and in figures 6A-6C).” (Answer 9).
The Examiner contends that an artisan would have been motivated to make
the proffered combination to realize “accuracy of input” and “ease of user
concentration as suggested by Amro (5:43-57).” (Answer 10).
We begin our analysis by noting the primary Feyereisen reference
teaches an aircraft cockpit display “whereby different ones of the
information displays are dynamically emphasized as a predetermined
function of the current mode or phase of flight.” (see Feyereisen, ¶0062).
After carefully reviewing the Feyereisen reference in its entirety, we find no
support for the Examiner’s contention that “the indicators [in Feyereisen] are
enlarged responsive to the user selecting and manipulating the altimeter
indicator.” (Answer 9, ¶2). We find Feyereisen’s mode control 46 merely
selects one of four operation modes associated with the Traffic Alert
Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), i.e., the “standby,” “transponder on,”
“traffic alert,” and “traffic alert/resolution” modes (see Feyereisen ¶0013).
Thus, the modes controlled by control 46 appear to have no direct nexus
with the “taxi,” “take off,” “cruising,” “approach,” “landing,” and “ground”
phases or current modes of flight that trigger a dynamic emphasis (i.e., an
enlargement) of certain display indicators associated with a particular phase
of flight.
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