Appeal No. 2001-1536
Application 08/428,256
First, it is argued that the lower end of the feeding
poles 20 should be grounded and the excitation site moved from
the bottom end of the poles 20 to the top of one of the poles 20
on the first capacitive plane, and the series inductances must be
short circuited to produce the present invention (Br9; Br10).
Claim 10 recites "a capacity top adapted to be directly
connected to a generator or to a receiver via a feed wire," but
does not recite how the capacity top is "adapted" to be
connected. The claim does not recite that a coax feed probe is
connected to the capacity top. The conductors 20 in Goubau
directly connect the capacitor plates to the input terminal
(i.e., the generator) and no modifications are necessary to meet
the limitation of "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." Appellants have not said what
language in claim 10 requires the short circuiting of the series
inductances and so has not shown error in the rejection.
Second, it is argued that the first LC circuit is a series
LC circuit which is grounded at one end and excited at another
end, whereas the presently claimed LC circuit is a parallel LC
circuit grounded at both ends and excited at an intermediate
point (the capacitor plate) (Br9; Br10).
The examiner responds that series and parallel LC circuits
are not at issue because they are not positively claimed (EA11;
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