Appeal No. 1998-1545
Application No. 08/698,169
respectively. In any event, claim 43 is recited in appellants’ Notice of Appeal, filed July 14,
1997, as being appealed, even though appellants do not mention or argue the rejection of
this claim in the brief. On the other hand, while we find no explicit indication by the
examiner that the rejection of this claim has been withdrawn, the examiner does not
maintain the rejection of claim 43 in the answer. We can only conclude therefrom that
claim 43 is no longer rejected.
The invention pertains to miniature multi-branch patch antennas and, more
particularly, to a structure for reducing coupling between antenna elements.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A miniature, multi-branch antenna having reduced coupling between
antenna elements, comprising:
a planar dielectric substrate having a first and a second surface;
a plurality of conducting antenna elements disposed on the first
surface of the dielectric substrate;
a plurality of feed ports for delivering a first signal to, or receiving a
second signal from, the plurality of conducting antenna elements, wherein
each conducting antenna element is electrically connected to a feed port of
the plurality, wherein a different feed port is connected to each of the
conducting antenna elements;
a ground plane disposed on the second surface of the planar
dielectric substrate; and
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