The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ERLAND CASSEL and JAN CASSEL
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Appeal No. 2005-0425
Application No. 09/887,144
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, BLANKENSHIP, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 17 through 21, 25, 26 and 30 through
32.
Independent claim 17 is reproduced below:
17. An antenna for a portable communication apparatus,
the antenna comprising a radiator having a first end to be
connected to radio circuitry in the portable communication
apparatus, and a second end, a feedback conductor having a
first end, which is electrically connected to the second end
of the radiator, the feedback conductor extending along the
radiator in a first direction from the second end of the
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