Appeal No. 96-0365
Application 07/983,145
feedpoints, and because the examiner has not addressed the
lack of such "separate feedline" structure in McGirr's claims.
Turning next to the obviousness rejection of claims 27
and 28 based upon the teachings of Zakman or Yokoyama, there
is no dispute between appellants and the examiner that both
Zakman and Yokoyama disclose all of the antenna structure set
forth in claims 27 and 28, except for the noted "separate
feedline" cable structure. In Figure 5 of Zakman, the two
patches 503 and 505 are fed signals at feedpoints 519 and 521,
respectively. Zakman discloses that "a signal source 513
(having an internal resistance 515 and a feedline inductance
517) is connected to appropriate two-point connection points
519 and 521 on either side of notch 511" (column 4, lines 15
through 19). It is clear from this disclosure in Zakman that
the cables leading from the two feedpoints 519 and 521 are
connected together. In Figure 6 of Yokoyama, cables 61 and 62
are connected to feedpoints 53 and 54, respectively, and the
opposite ends of the two cables are tied together at point 64.
The claimed "cables being separate from one another and not
connected to one another" is likewise not taught by Yokoyama.
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