`Patent Attorney/Professional Engineer
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`100 Corporate Pointe, Suite 330
`Culver City, CA 90230
`Phone (310) 645-7259 • Fax (310) 854-6562
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`October 18, 1996
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`Mr. S. Levine
`21645 Saddle Peak Road
`Topanga, CA 90290
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`Invention:
`Docket:
`Inventor:
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`Dear Mr. Levine:
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`Remote Flight Recorder and Timely Flight Advisory System
`SL1
`Seymour Levine
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` I
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` have received the results of the preliminary patentability search for the above-identified
`invention. The search was conducted in Class 364 Subclass 424.06 The following U.S.
`Patents were uncovered:
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`Patent Number
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`4,729,102
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`5,463,656
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`5,467,274
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`5,325,302
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`5,383,133
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`Patentee
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`Miller et al.
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`Polivka et al.
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`Vax
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`Izidon et al.
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`Staple
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`LEVINE
`Ex. 2006
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` I
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` enclose a copy of each of the above references. (Note: a page of Patent No. 5,325,302 is
`missing but will be provided shortly.)
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`Your invention is a system that senses many flight parameters and many aircraft operational
`parameters, and transmits this information along with aircraft identification and cockpit audio
`and video to a world wide two-way RF network. This information is monitored and recorded at
`a remote location. Use of this invention would allow replacement of the current, on-board
`flight data recorders thus saving costs and weight. Tying this information to archived data,
`flight control data, weather data, topological data, global positioning data and manufacturers’
`data will allow pre-flight identification of maintenance problems and advance in-flight safety
`advisories. In the event of a crash the remotely recorded data will provide an indication of
`where the crashed plane can be found. Further, having the recorded data at a remote site will
`eliminate the need to search for flight data recorders and allow instant analysis of the failure