Appeal No. 1999-1110
Application No. 08/665,755
electronics in a single package.” Clearly, the instant claims recite more, specifically
claiming elements within a microwave radio frequency transceiver electronics package.
The examiner has not persuasively shown these elements within the teachings of the
applied references.
Accordingly, the rejection of claims 1-12 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated
by either one of Braun or Caille is reversed.
Turning to the rejection of claims 1-20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as alternatively
unpatentable over either Braun or Caille, we will also reverse this rejection since much of
the examiner’s reasoning is similar to that applied in the 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection.
With regard to Braun, the examiner again says that the transceiver is “deemed” to
include the circuitry claimed because the circuitry “is well known and common knowledge
in transceivers” [final rejection-page 3]. The examiner says the transceiver is “deemed” to
have a baseband signal processor with input/output and a microwave transceiver with low
and high side connections, that such circuitry “is taken for granted and found to be obvious”
[final rejection-page 3]. Regarding claims 13-20, the
examiner contends that the specific size of the array and band of operation “is an obvious
design choice.”
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