Appeal No. 1999-2588
Application No. 08/694,901
§ 102 as being anticipated by Parfitt. Claims 1-9, 11-22, 25, and 26 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Shyu. Claims 3 and 27-32 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Parfitt. Claims 23, 24, and 27-32 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Shyu.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 10, mailed Jan 22, 1999) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 9, filed Oct. 26, 1998) and reply brief
(Paper No. 11, filed Feb. 12, 1999) for appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of our
review, we make the determinations which follow.
35 U.S.C. § 102
Appellants argue that neither Parfitt nor Shyu teaches or suggests the antenna directly
connected to the inductor of the matching circuit. (See brief at pages 3 and 6.) We agree
with appellants. The examiner maintains that the capacitor acts as a short circuit at the RF
frequency and hence the inductor is connected directly to the antenna. (See answer at
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