Appeal No. 96-2408
Application No. 08/246,538
Lamberty 4,918,409 Apr. 17,
1990
Gazit, "Improved design of the Vivaldi antenna," IEE
Proceedings, Vol. 135, Part H, No. 2 (April 1988) pp. 89-92.
Claims 17, 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite.
Claims 13 through 17 and 19 through 21 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner
cites Gazit, Fassett and Lamberty with regard to claims 15, 16
and 21, adding Sharma and Nester to this combination with
regard to claims 13, 14, 17, 19 and 20.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We turn, first, to the rejection of claims 17, 19 and 20
under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112.
The examiner contends that the language of independent
claim 17 is indefinite. More particularly, the examiner
contends that the language
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