Appeal No. 1999-1110
Application No. 08/665,755
1. An integrated point-to-point microwave radio frequency unit/antenna,
comprising:
a housing having an exterior wall;
a microwave radio frequency transceiver electronics package within
the housing, the microwave radio frequency transceiver electronics package
comprising
a baseband signal processing unit having an input/output, and
being operable to process information selected from the group consisting of
voice, video, and data link information,
a microwave transceiver having a low-frequency side with a
baseband signal connection to the baseband signal processing unit and a
high frequency side including an antenna connection;
a flat antenna integral with the exterior wall of the housing; and
a microwave radio frequency feed communicating between the flat
antenna and the antenna connection of the microwave transceiver
electronics package.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Braun et al. [Braun] 5,160,936 Nov. 03, 1992
Caille et al. [Caille] 5,206,655 Apr. 27, 1993
Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by either one
of Braun or Caille. In addition, claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over either one of Braun or Caille.
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