Appeal No. 96-2224
Application No. 08/047,498
third central conductor of said distributed constant line
coupled to said second central conductor of said distributed
constant line in said distributed constant tuning circuit; and
a mixer having a pair of input terminals to which a
balanced output signal from said imbalance-balance conversion
section is supplied, wherein a respective phase and a
respective amplitude of the balanced output signal are
adjusted relative to each other by connecting a pair of
impedance elements in series
between respective ends of said third central conductor of
said distributed constant line and respective ones of said
pair of input terminals of the mixer.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Kane 4,619,001 Oct. 21, 1986
Takahashi et al. (Takahashi) 4,864,644 Sep. 05, 1989
Claims 2-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Kane in view of
Takahashi.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support
for the rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
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