Appeal No. 96-2385
Application 08/110,807
antenna element and a ground plane formed of printed circuit
boards and asserts that “[s]uch construction is taken for
granted by the skilled artisan when forming printed circuit
UHF antennas.” The examiner attempts to utilize Josephson and
Zakman as evidence to form the Mishima antenna and ground
plane of respective printed circuit boards. The second page
of the Advisory Action also takes the view that the artisan
would have recognized that all antenna conductors may be
formed on dielectric or printed circuit boards from the
teachings of Josephson and Zakman and again concludes that
“[s]uch formation is taken for granted as set out in the final
Office action.” Finally, a similar view is taken at the
bottom of page 4 of
the responsive arguments portion of the answer.
The examiner's views are not supported by the evidence of
record from the combined teachings of the references.
Mishima's earthy board 3 in the various figures comprises the
ground plane of the claims according to the examiner's view.
However, the environment of use of Mishima's antenna is for
airplanes and cars, thus suggesting that this ground plane may
be the metal skin of the vehicle or mobile unit generally
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