E.B.E.C 2014 - Team Greece - Day 3 Case Study

Greece - Case Study

Thrasyvoulos KarydisAlexandros Kogkas

Konstantinos FragkakisMarios Bikos

Day 3: Airplane Evacuation System

Features Matrix

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Features of Claim 1 Annex 2 Annex 3 Annex 4 Annex 5

1)”An aircraft having a plurality…aircraft”(p.4) No No Yes No

2)”Finding an exit” No Yes Yes Yes

3)Passive Means Implicit Implicit No Yes

4)Tactile Means Yes Yes No Yes

5)Visual Means No No Yes Yes


Features of Claim 2 Annex 2 Annex 3 Annex 4 Annex 5

1)”Passive tactiovisual…shoe” Yes No No No

Features of Claim 3

3)”Above the level of said seats” No No No No

4)Tactile Means Yes Yes No Yes

5)Visual Means No No Yes Yes

Features Matrix

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Anticipations


Claim Novelty Anticipation

Inventiveness Anticipation Free Beer

1 Yes(Annex 4 + Annex 5)

2 Yes(Annex 2)

3 Yes



6 Yes(Annex 5) Yes

Anticipations


• Claim 1: Novelty anticipation– Claim 1 “An aircraft … floor system …

passive tactiovisual …”

However: – From Annex 4, Claim, “Exit finding system…

floor covering …”– From Annex 5, Claim, “ A system for tactilely

indicating …” – From Annex 5, p.2, 5-7 : “… luminous material

providing glow effect”

Anticipations


• Claim 2: Novelty anticipation– Claim 2 “…detectable through the sole of a

shoe”

However: – From Annex 2, p.1, [2], 25-26, “… are

detectable through a thick material”

Anticipations


• Claim 4: Novelty anticipation– Claim 4 “A system … plurality of seats arranged in

rows … plurality of passive tactiovisual means… to said exit”

However: – From Annex 4, Claim, “Exit finding system …

plurality of seats...two seats …”– From Annex 5, p.2, [07], 20 “… for example in a

cinema…”– From Annex 5, Claim, “ A system for tactilely

indicating …” – From Annex 5, p.2, 5-7 : “… luminous material

providing glow effect”

Anticipations


• Claim 5: Inventiveness anticipation– Claim 5 “Use of v-shaped … indicating a

route to the exit … straight legs .. Apex angle between 80 to 100, excluding 90”

– Annex 1, p.2, [07] “The v’s … more easily recognized than curved legs or arrows”

However: – From Annex 5, Claim, “ A system for tactilely

indicating the direction of an escape route… plurality of arrow-shaped devices”

– From Annex 4, p.1, [04] : “… shape of an arrow-head with an apex of 90…”

Anticipations


• Claim 6: Novelty anticipation– Claim 6 “A seat … passive tactiovisual

means … serrated surface … ”

However: – From Annex 5, p.2, [07], 19-22, “… is

attached to the back of a seat … plurality of seats …”

– From Annex 5, p.2, 5-7 : “… luminous material providing glow effect”

– From Annex 3, p.1, [03], 26-27, “… the tape feels … other” (i.e. serrated)

Free Beer• Claim 3: “Aircraft according to claim 1, wherein

passive tactiovisual means for identifying a direction to an exit by touch and vision are also provided above the level of said seats”.– How are they provided? On the wall? In the air?

• Claim 6: “A seat comprising a passive tactiovisual means, said means having a serrated surface for identifying a direction to an exit by touch and vision”.- How is the direction identified by vision? Description: v-

shapes.

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Greece – Case Study

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E.B.E.C 2014 - Team Greece - Day 3 Case Study