Appeal No. 96-0423
Application 08/126,439
being anticipated by Gorton. Finally, all claims on appeal,
claims 3, 10, 11 and 15 through 18 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner
presents Longhurst in view of Rothbarth and Crean.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and
the examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer
for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse each of the respective rejections of the
claims on appeal.
As to the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102 for the
majority of the pending claims on appeal in view of Longhurst,
we agree with the appellants’ position at pages 5 and 6 of the
brief that Longhurst within 35 U.S.C. § 102 does not teach
periodic oscillation of his dish antenna 1 about the hour
angle axis. This hour angle axis is initially set and then
fixed as disclosed within this reference. This understanding,
though expressed throughout the disclosure of Longhurst, is
most succinctly stated in the abstract of the disclosure.
Longhurst explicitly teaches that declination changes may be
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