Appeal No. 1997-3865
Application No. 08/439,523
A decision by this Board in the parent application, Appeal No. 97-4154, reversed
the decision of the examiner, resulting in the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 5,986,566 for a
wrist band antenna.
The invention pertains to a wrist watch-style pager, illustrated by reference to
independent claim 8 reproduced as follows:
8. A wrist watch-style pager comprising:
a receiver for receiving signals disposed within a main body having
opposed ends;
an elongated bendable band having upper and lower surfaces and
opposed ends, each end defining an opening at the same opposed end of
the main body; and
a loop antenna extending between the surfaces of the band to receive
signals, wherein the antenna has a substantially U-shaped structure having
two opposed ends located at the same end of the band, each end having an
RF coupler extending through an opening and coupled to the receiver to
communicate signals from the antenna to the receiver, and wherein the loop
antenna extends the length of approximately less than one-half the length of
the band.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Gaskill et al. [Gaskill] 5,159,713 Oct. 27, 1992
Fujisawa et al. [Fujisawa] 5,465,098 Nov. 07, 1995
(102(e) date: Jun. 29, 1993)
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