Appeal No. 2005-0832
Application 10/039,015
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A personal computer card comprising:
an extensible antenna;
a coil spring to push the antenna from a retracted
position to an extended position;
a track laterally displaced with respect to the coil
spring to guide the antenna as it is pushed to its extended
position; and
a catch that retains the antenna in the retracted
position in said track, said catch being spring biased.
THE REFERENCES
The examiner relies on the following references:
Ishida et al. (Ishida) 5,536,180 July 16, 1996
Johnson et al. (Johnson) 6,375,479 April 23, 2002
(filed August 31, 2000)
THE REJECTION
We refer to the final rejection entered December 2, 2003,
(pages referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer entered
April 7, 2004, (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of
the examiner's rejection, and to the brief received
February 23, 2004, (pages referred to as "Br__") for a statement
of appellant's arguments thereagainst.
Claims 1, 2, and 10-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Johnson and Ishida. The
examiner finds that Johnson teaches the claimed subject matter
except for the catch being spring biased as recited in claim 1
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