Appeal No. 96-2408
Application No. 08/246,538
scope with the claim language, it is clear that the instant
claims now recite an “integrated antipodal flared notch
radiating element” and that that element comprises, inter
alia, microstripline conductors connecting to transmit and
receive ports “integrated” with the radiating element and a
circulator device “integrated” with the broadside coupled
strip transmission line region.
That is, in our view, the instant claims now make it
clear that it is a single flared notch radiating element
having all of the claimed elements integrated thereon with
which we deal. We agree with appellant that not one of the
applied references appears to suggest the incorporation of a
circulator device into the radiating element itself in order
to provide for separate and isolated transmit and receive
ports within the radiating element itself. It appears that,
as indicated by appellant at page 13 of the brief, the
references all teach that the circulator is connected to a
transmit/receive module and not integrated into the radiating
element as claimed.
We disagree with the examiner when it is stated in the
answer, at page 9, that it is “not an issue of incorporating a
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