Appeal No. 2002-2083
Application No. 09/430,642
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to high performance embedded RF filters. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 9,
which is reproduced below.
9. An embedded coupled shaped dielectric waveguide resonator
comprising
a metal support substrate,
a first green tape stack adhered to the support substrate,
cavity openings in the first green tape stack to provide walls and
coupling apertures in the green tape stack,
a conductive layer over said first green tape stack, and
a second green tape stack mounted on said conductive layer.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Piloto et al. (Piloto) 5,382,931 Jan. 17, 1995
Kubota et al. (Kubota) 6,137,384 Oct. 24, 2000
(Filed Feb. 19, 1999)
Claims 6, 8, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by
Piloto. Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Piloto. Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Piloto in view of Kubota.
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