Appeal No. 1998-2897
Application No. 08/749,381
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Halstead 3,523,251 Aug. 4,
1970
Dubois et al. (Dubois) 5,313,193 May 17,
1994
Büchler et al. (Büchler) 5,365,243 Nov.
15, 1994
Claims 1, 3 through 8, 10 through 14 and 16 through 20
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Halstead in view of Dubois.
Claims 2, 9 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Halstead in view of Dubois and
Büchler.
Reference is made to the final rejection, the briefs and
the answer for the respective positions of the appellant and
the examiner.
OPINION
The obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 20 is
reversed.
The examiner is of the opinion (final rejection, pages 2
and 3) that Halstead discloses all of the antenna structure of
claims 1, 8 and 14 except for a material that encapsulates the
chip within the cavity. For such a teaching, the examiner
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