Appeal No. 1998-0340
Application 08/449,682
preferably transparent. A transparent metal oxide coating
covers one side of the sheet. An elongated strip of
electrically conductive material is provided along one side of
the sheet. The strip is in contact with the metal oxide
coating. The strip is further connected to the radio or
cellular phone antenna whereupon the device forms an antenna.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An antenna for a radio comprising:
a flexible plastic sheet,
a metallic oxide coating on said sheet,
an elongated strip extending along at least one side of
said sheet, said strip being in contact with said metal oxide
coating and having a high electrical conductivity, and
means for connecting said strip to the radio.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Inaba et al. (Inaba) 4,768,037 Aug. 30, 1988
Claims 1-3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Inaba, while claim 4
stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over
Inaba.
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