Appeal No. 1997-3865
Application No. 08/439,523
Claims 8-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Gatskill in
view of Fujisawa.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the respective positions of
appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We reverse for essentially the same reasons set forth in our earlier decision in
Appeal No. 97-4154 in the parent application.
It is the examiner’s position that Gaskill discloses the instant claimed invention but
for the antenna in the wrist band being of “substantially U-shaped structure having two
opposed ends located at the same end of the band...wherein the loop antenna extends the
length of approximately less than one-half the length of the band.” However, as explained
by the examiner, at page 4 of the answer, this “deficiency in Gaskill is considered to be
corrected by Fujisawa who discloses an improvement of an antenna apparatus for a
transceiver...” The examiner goes on to explain how Figure 17a of Fujisawa discloses the
“U-shaped” antenna claimed and explains that it would have been obvious to make the
antenna of Gaskill U-shaped as disclosed by Fujisawa.
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