Appeal No. 1998-2201
Application No. 08/571,702
Reference is made to a prior Office action (paper number
12), the briefs and the answer for the respective positions of
the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
With the exception of the obviousness rejection of claim
13, all of the other rejections are reversed.
Pollack discloses a device for reading and writing of a
transponder 24 located inside a tire 20 from a position
outside the tire (Figure 11B). The device includes a rod
antenna portion 27 for receiving signals from and transmission
of signals to the transponder 24, and a main body (i.e.,
oscillator) 14 for processing of a signal. The rod antenna
portion 27 is connected to the main body through a wand/stick
12 which is generally perpendicularly joined to the rod
antenna portion 27.
During operation of the Pollack device, an oscillating
magnetic field 28 generated by an exciter/interrogation coil
on the rod antenna portion 27 causes a magnetic field 29 to
encircle an annular tensile member 36 located adjacent to the
transponder 24. Since the annular tensile member 36 and the
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