Appeal No. 97-4154 Page 3
Application No. 08/292,418
(102(e) date: June 29, 1993)
Claims 8, 9, 11 through 16 and 18 through 21 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as anticipated by Fujisawa.
Claims 10 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over Fujisawa.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We reverse.
Independent claim 8 calls for, inter alia, “a loop
antenna...wherein the antenna has a substantially U-shaped
structure having two opposed ends located at the same end of
the band...”
The examiner equates such recited structure with the
antenna structure shown in Figures 16, 17a and 17b of Fujisawa.
It is true that, like the instant invention, Fujisawa
seeks to obtain a stable operation of an antenna without being
affected by different sizes of wrist bands. It is also true,
like the instant invention, that Fujisawa achieves the desired
result by not permitting the antenna to be connected through
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