Appeal No. 2001-1536
Application 08/428,256
wire" which does not preclude the use of the vertical feeding
plate 26 in Nishikawa to connect (adapt) the plate 28 to the feed
line 24a which is then connected to a generator. In any case,
Nishikawa discloses that the vertical feeding plate 26 in Fig. 1
is an improvement to a feed line which connects at only one point
in Fig. 15 (col. 2, lines 7-59), so Nishikawa teaches one skilled
in the antenna art that a single feed line can be used. The
diameter of the wires is not claimed.
We conclude that the examiner has established a prima facie
case of obviousness which has not been shown to be in error by
appellants. The rejection of claims 10, 2, and 3 over Nishikawa
is sustained.
Reggia
The examiner finds that the antenna in Fig. 3 of Reggia "is
clearly electrically the same as that claimed" (FR3) and,
therefore, must produce a monopole radiation pattern (FR3). The
examiner notes that the reference to omnidirectional radiation
(col. 1, line 20) and vertical polarization (col. 2, lines 63-65)
also indicates monopole radiation (FR3).
Appellants argue that the examiner errs because element 84
in Fig. 3 represents a capacitor, not a ground plane; element 92
represents a pin structure connecting the two capacitor plates,
not a feed wire; and "Appellants' invention includes a feed wire
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