Appeal No. 96-0365
Application 07/983,145
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 27
through 29. In an Amendment After Final (paper number 10),
claim 28 was amended.2
The disclosed invention relates to antenna structure for
a hand-held cellular telephone. The antenna includes at least
two parallel, co-planar patch radiating elements that are
elevated above a ground reference plane by a conductive
pedestal mounted on the ground reference plane. A feedpoint
on one of the patches is connected to the output of a
transmitter via a cable, and a feedpoint on the other patch is
connected to the input of a receiver via a separate cable.
According to the claimed invention, the two cables are not
connected to one another.
Claim 27 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
27. An antenna for use with a hand-held cellular
telephone which is held to the head of a user when in use, the
cellular telephone including a radio frequency transmitter
having a transmitter output terminal and a radio frequency
receiver having a receiver input terminal, the antenna
comprising:
2According to the examiner (Answer, page 1), the
amendment to claim 28 obviated the indefiniteness rejection.
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