Appeal No. 2001-1536
Application 08/428,256
which passes through the ground plane (not a capacitor) and
electrically connects to the capacitor top in a direct manner
(Br7). It is further argued that there is nothing to suggest
that Reggia's radiation is monopole (Br7).
The examiner responds that the bottom plate 84 is a ground
plate and feed pin 92 is a feed wire which passes through the
ground plate (EA9-10). "Therefore, the conductive elements in
Reggia are functionally and electrically equivalent to
appellant's disclosed antenna, particularly the antenna claimed."
(EA10.) The examiner presents extensive discussion about
"dipolar" and "monopole" (EA6-10) and finds that Reggia discloses
a monopole antenna because "it produces an omnidirectional
radiation pattern and radiates vertical polarization" (EA10).
We agree with the examiner that bottom plate 84 could be
termed a ground plate, although the plates 82 and 84 are
described as capacitor plates (col. 4, line 18) and the top
plate 82 is described as being only slightly smaller than the
bottom plate (col. 2, lines 11-17, in connection with plates 12
and 14 in Fig. 1). We also agree with the examiner that the
pin 92 can be considered a feed wire and that the claim language,
"a capacity top adapted to be directly connected to a generator
or to a receiver via a feed wire," does not distinguish over the
arrangement of the feed pin 92 connecting to the top plate 82 via
the capacitor 90.
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