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`15/602,147
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`05/23/2017
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`KEN TAKAHASHI
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`731156627
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`7473
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panason1e
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`SALAZAR JR” JORGE L
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`ART UNIT
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`2842
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`01/25/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Application No.
`15/602,147
`Examiner
`JORGE L SALAZAR JR
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`Applicant(s)
`TAKAHASHI et al.
`Art Unit
`AIA Status
`2842
`Yes
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`Paper N0(S)/Mai| Date 5/23/2017, 12/28/2017 and 11/14/2018_
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`Application/Control Number: 15/602,147
`Art Unit: 2842
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`Page 2
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for
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`the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use,
`on sale or othenNise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed
`invention.
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`Claims 1 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by lwasaki
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`(USPAT 5,898,405, Cited by Applicant).
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`In regards to Claims 1 and 10, lwasaki teaches in Figure 1 an antenna device comprising the
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`following:
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`A patch antenna (14) which radiates a signal with a frequency of fo=1 .8975GH2 (see Column 5,
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`Line 10 for disclosure of the frequency);
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`A dielectric substrate (1 1) for transmitting the signal, the dielectric substrate having a dielectric
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`(11) and a copper film forming patch antenna (14) arranged on a first surface of the dielectric (see
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`Column 4, Lines 29-34, for disclosure of the dielectric substrate and cooper film);
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`Wherein based on Figure 1 and Column 5, Line 8, the copper film pattern (14) has a first
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`dimension La=47.36mm (i.e. corresponding to the claimed “L”) in a direction parallel to an inherent
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`propagation direction of an electromagnetic wave that has the frequency f0 and that propagates on the
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`first surface (i.e. the signal from the antenna {signal being an electromagnetic wave} which radiates at
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`1.8975GH2 will inherently have a wave present on the first surface of the dielectric substrate which will be
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`parallel to the first dimension La);
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`Wherein the first dimension L is given by:
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`L = La = 47.36mm
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`Application/Control Number: 15/602,147
`Art Unit: 2842
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`Er: 2.6 (relative permittivity of the dielectric,5ee Column 5,Line 5)
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`47.36mm =— * k * A
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`47.36mm = 1.63278 * k * 20
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`47.36mm = 1.63278 * k * 20
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`.0290 = k * 20
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`20 = wavelength of the signal 1.8975GHZ in free space
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`lo
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`_ 6 (speed of light)
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`f
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`A _ 2.998 * 108m/s
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`1.8975GHz
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`= 157.9 mm
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`.0290 = k * .1579
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`.0290 _ k
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`k = .18366
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`Wherein k=.18366 equals to a constant in a range of 0.15 to 0.70.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 2-9 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be
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`allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any
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`intervening claims.
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`Conclusion
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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`Lee et al. (U82007/0085626 A1) teaches in Paragraph [0032] a relationship between the width of
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`a microstrip line and the dielectric permittivity of a substrate.
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