Appeal No. 1999-0865
Application No. 08/468,573
terminal to a power supply line as required by claim 57. In
making this assertion, Appellants offer an interpretation which
concludes that in addition to first and second terminals which
are capacitively coupled to ground, Fessenden requires additional
terminals, i.e., third and fourth terminals in Appellants’
terminology, for coupling to a power supply line. According to
Appellants, it is these “third” or “fourth” terminals to which
Fessenden’s power supply line is connected, and not to the first
terminal as claimed.
After careful review of the Fessenden reference in light of
the arguments of record, however, we are in agreement with the
Examiner’s position as stated in the Answer. Our interpretation
of the disclosure of Fessenden coincides with that of the
Examiner, i.e., a connection does in fact exist between the power
supply and a first terminal (which Appellants call a “third”
terminal) of the antenna. As pointed out by the Examiner
(Answer, page 5), this connection is present even if it is
effected by inductive coupling. It is further our view that even
assuming, arguendo, that Appellants are correct in their
contention that any connection between Fessenden’s first antenna
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