Appeal No. 96-0418
Application 08/051,321
a level signal representative of a signal transduced by said
antenna and said antenna-tuning circuit being responsive to
said level signal for continuously providing an antenna-tuning
signal to said controllable reactive element, to control the
reactance of the reactive element so that the antenna remains
tuned to the frequency of said desired signal.
The references relied on by the Examiner are:
Andros et al.(Andros) 4,851,830 Jul. 25, 1989
Rosen et al.(Rosen) 5,001,355 Mar.
19, 1991
(filed Sept. 25, 1989)
Gaskill et al.(Gaskill) 5,136,719 Aug. 4,
1992
(filed Dec. 5, 1988)
Shrader, Robert, Electronic Communication, 5th Edition, 1985,
pages 126 to 127.
Claims 1, 9 through 11, 15, 16, 19 and 21 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the
Examiner offers Gaskill, Andros, Rosen and Shrader [answer,
page 2 and 3].
Reference is made to Appellant’s briefs and the3
A reply brief was filed on July 17,1995 and entered in record. Also, an amendment was filed on July 17,1995 in3
response to the new ground of rejection. The claims on appeal are as they were amended.
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