Appeal No. 2001-1536
Application 08/428,256
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to an antenna as may be understood
from claim 10, the sole independent claim, reproduced below. 2
10. A monopole wire-plate antenna having a working
frequency, and comprising a ground plane, a first radiating
element in the form of a capacity top adapted to be directly
connected to a generator or to a receiver via a feed wire,
and a second radiating element in the form of a plurality of
conductor wires connecting the capacity top to the ground
plane characterized by the fact that the antenna comprises a
plurality of at least one of said radiating elements,
wherein, the antenna having a working wavelength 8, the
dimensions of the capacity top are roughly 8/8 by 8/8 that
is sufficiently small relative to said wavelength, whereby
the antenna operates by monopolar radiation at the working
frequency.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Reggia 3,852,760 December 3, 1974
Goubau 3,967,276 June 29, 1976
Shibano et al. (Shibano) 4,123,758 October 31, 1978
Parham 4,896,162 January 23, 1990
2 There appears to be an indefiniteness problem with
claims 10 and 2. Claim 10 recites "a first radiating element ...
and a second radiating element in the form of a plurality of
conductor wires ... characterized by the fact that the antenna
comprises a plurality of at least one of said radiating
elements." We interpret this to mean "a plurality of first
radiating elements" or "a plurality of second radiating elements"
or "a plurality of first and second radiating elements."
However, since the "second radiating element" already comprises a
"plurality of conductor wires," it is not clear whether a
plurality of second radiating elements in claim 10 is trying to
claim a plurality of a plurality. It is not clear whether
"radiating wires" in claim 2 is meant to refer to the "conductor
wires" in claim 10; if so, the claim is indefinite because
claim 10 already claims a plurality of conductor wires and
claim 2 recites a plurality of a plurality which is a plurality.
If "radiating wires" refers to a new element, it is not clear
what element is meant. We leave it to appellants and the
examiner to clarify these claims.
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