Appeal No. 97-4154 Page 4
Application No. 08/292,418
the clasp of the wrist band. However, unlike the instant
invention wherein a loop antenna has a substantially U-shaped
structure having two opposed ends located at the same end of
the band, Fujisawa’s antenna has a portion on each of the two
sections of the band, wherein the antenna portions are
connected and joined through the pager mainbody.
While the examiner is clearly interpreting only one
portion of Fujisawa’s antenna (e.g., the left hand portion in
Figure 17a made up of end sections 531a and 531b, having a U-
shaped structure with slot 53a therebetween), to be the claimed
loop antenna, the examiner’s interpretation, in our view, is
misplaced. It is clear, from the description at columns 11-12
of Fujisawa, that the antenna of Fujisawa is the complete
structure comprising end section 531a joined, through the
transceiver circuit board 567, to end section 532a on the other
band section and end section 531b joined, through the
transceiver circuit board 567, to end section 532b on the other
band section. Thus, when viewed in its entirety, the antenna
depicted in Figure 17a of Fujisawa, relied on by the examiner,
is not a U-shaped loop antenna at all. Rather, the loop of
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