Appeal No. 96-0423
Application 08/126,439
declination adjustments in the antenna structure in Gorton. We
do, however, recognize that Gorton does explicitly teach a
periodic oscillatory motion of the antenna to follow a
satellite on a sidereal day basis only for the declination
adjustability of his antenna in this reference. To the
extent, for example, the abstract of Gorton expresses that the
antenna may automatically adjust the declination angle of the
antenna as a function of time, it would necessarily do it on a
periodic oscillatory basis for a given sidereal day in an
effort to maximize the signal strength received in the antenna
from the satellite. This aspect is brought out among the
various flow chart figures and the written description of
Gorton relating to the computerized control of the motor
arrangement 80 by the computer 20 in Figure 1.
We make reference on our own to the initializing flow
chart Figure 4 of Gorton and its flow chart steps 112 through
116 as well as column 7, lines 29 through 36. It appears that
the reference as a whole teaches that the so-called North-
South movability of the antenna corresponds to declination
angle changes, whereas the discussion at this location appears
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