Appeal No. 95-1186
Application No. 08/051,797
the patches forming an array of groups, each such group
comprising a first patch fed from a feed line and a pair of
second patches each adjacent to and spaced from one of the
second edges L of the first patch, the second patches being
fed only parasitically from the first patch,
the groups being spaced apart on the substrate in said
array with the spacing between patches of adjacent groups
exceeding the spacing between patches within a group.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Zaghloul 4,761,654 Aug. 2, 1988
Coe et al. (Coe) 4,812,855 Mar. 14, 1989
Wood et al. (Wood) 2,067,842 Jul. 30, 1981
(UK)
Claims 1 through 15 and 17 through 25 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Wood in view of
Coe. Claims 17, 20 and 22 stand further rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by Zaghloul.
Reference is made to the briefs and answers for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We reverse.
Turning first to the rejection of claims 17, 20 and 22
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e), independent claim 17 requires, inter
alia, that the array of groups of patches be “disposed on the
surface of a common substrate.” In Zaghloul, the feed line 2,
3
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