DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
The information disclosure statement filed on 2/24/2024, 4/30/2025 and 12/18/2025 have been entered. The preliminary amendment filed 2/24/2024 has been entered. Claims 1-17 are presented for examination.
Specification
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The abstract is objected as it contains 182 words. Correction is respectfully required.
Double Patenting
The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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Claim 1 is provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims of copending Application No. 18/389,274. This is a provisional nonstatutory double patenting rejection.
Claim 1 is rejected in view of claim 1, 2, 6, 11, and 14 of the ‘274 in that the recite:
Claim 1 of the application
Claims 1, 2, 6, 11 and 14 of the ‘274 application
1. (Original) An antenna apparatus comprising:
an antenna housing part made of a thermally conductive material and including a front housing formed in a shape of an enclosure with an open rear portion and a rear housing cover shielding the open rear portion of the front housing and forming a predetermined installation space therein;
a main board and a power supply unit (PSU) board disposed to be stacked in the installation space of the antenna housing part, having a predetermined heating element disposed by being mounted on front surfaces thereof, and stacked so that a front surface of the predetermined heating element is in thermal contact with a front inner surface of the installation space of the antenna housing part; and a plurality of filters disposed to form a predetermined layer in the installation space between rear surfaces of the main board and the PSU board and the rear housing cover.
1. An antenna apparatus comprising: an antenna housing part having a front surface on which a plurality of front heat dissipation fins are integrally formed;
an antenna element assembly stacked and disposed on the front surface of the antenna housing part, and disposed to be exposed to the front between the plurality of front heat dissipation fins formed on a left side part and a right side part of the antenna housing part;
a plurality of filters disposed on a rear part of the antenna element assembly, and disposed in an installation space inside the antenna housing part; and
an installation plate having a front surface fixed in surface contact with rear surfaces of the antenna housing parts and a rear surface installed in surface contact with an installation wall surface to mediate the installation of the antenna housing part.
2. An antenna apparatus comprising: an antenna housing part having a predetermined installation space formed therein and provided with a plurality of front heat dissipation fins protruding to at least one side of a front surface thereof; a main board stacked and disposed in the installation space of the antenna housing part, having predetermined heating elements mounted and disposed on a front surface thereof, and mounted to be in thermal contact with the front surface of the antenna housing part provided with the plurality of front heat dissipation fins; a plurality of filters configured to form a predetermined layer in front of the main board and stacked and disposed on a middle portion excluding a place where the plurality of front heat dissipation fins are formed; an antenna element assembly provided with a plurality of radiation elements stacked and disposed in front of the plurality of filters; and an installation plate fixed to be in surface contact with a rear surface of the antenna housing part and configured to mediate a surface contact installation on a vertically disposed installation wall surface.
6. The antenna apparatus of claim 4, wherein the plurality of antenna assemblies comprise a shield panel disposed inside the front protrusion accommodation part, and disposed to shield front surfaces of the plurality of filters accommodated in the front protrusion accommodation part.
11. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, wherein the installation plate is formed in the shape of a vertical panel that comes in surface contact with even the installation wall surface, and is made of a thermally conductive material.
14. The antenna apparatus of claim 12, wherein a PSU board is disposed on a lower part of the main board side by side, and wherein a PSU related element mounted on the PSU board has a front surface that is disposed to be in close contact with a rear part of the front housing.
As can be seen, it would have been obvious that claims 1, 2, 6, 11, and 14 of the ‘274 application recited all essential limitations of claim 1 of the invention. Thus, the patent protections has been granted to the earlier filed patent application.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-17 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: the prior art fails to disclose:
i. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, wherein a plurality of radiation elements configured to enable implementation of beam forming according to double polarization are exposed to outside air and disposed to form a layer, which differs from the main board, the PSU board, and the plurality of filters, on the front surface of the antenna housing part (the claim differs with the claim of the ‘274 application in that it implements bean forming according to double polarization in the manner as recited in claim 2; claims 3-17 depend on claim 2).
Conclusion
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/THIEN M LE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2876