DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 06/12/2024 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1, 2, 4, and 6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lee (KR 101084746 B1, see attached machine translation also).
Regarding claim 1, Lee teaches an antenna radiating element comprising:
an antenna portion (Figs. 2 and 3, page 2, last para. the antenna unit 2) including first and second bow-tie antennas arranged in a cross shape (Fig. 3, 22a, 22b); and
a reflector (Figs. 2 and 3, page 2, last para. a cup-shaped reflector 3), wherein
the reflector includes a tubular portion (Fig. 2, 32) having a cross-sectional shape, which is a regular octagon (page 4, second para. 31, reflecting plate 31 and the reflecting wall 32, octagon), in a cross-section orthogonal to an axial direction (Fig. 2, 32),
a bottom portion closing one end part in the axial direction of the tubular portion (Figs. 2 and 3, 31), and
an opening portion provided at an end part opposite to the one end part of the tubular portion (Fig. 2, 31), and the antenna portion is positioned in a vicinity of the opening portion (Fig. 2, 22a, 22b).
Regarding claim 2, all the limitations of claim 1 are taught by Lee.
Lee further teaches the antenna element, wherein a center axis of the tubular portion (Fig. 2, center of 32) passes through an intersection of the first and second bow-tie antennas (22a, 22b), and the center axis is orthogonal to extension directions of the two first and second bow-tie antennas.
Regarding claim 4, this claim has substantially the same subject matter as that in claim 1. Therefore, claim 4 is rejected under the same rationale as claim 1 above.
Regarding claim 6, this claim has substantially the same subject matter as that in claim 1. Therefore, claim 6 is rejected under the same rationale as claim 1 above.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claims 3 and 5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Lee (KR 101084746 B1, see attached machine translation also) in view of So (US 2024/0396210 A1).
Regarding claim 3, all the limitations of claim 1 are taught by Lee.
Lee does not explicitly teach the element, wherein the reflector includes a body portion made of resin and/or containing resin, and a metal plated layer formed on a surface of the body portion.
So teaches an antenna wherein the reflector includes a body portion made of resin and/or containing resin, and a metal plated layer formed on a surface of the body portion ([0066]).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of claimed invention to apply the teachings of So to the teachings of Lee in order to manufacture the reflector with ease (So, [0066]).
Regarding claim 5, this claim has substantially the same subject matter as that in claim 3. Therefore, claim 5 is rejected under the same rationale as claim 3 above.
Conclusion
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/SEOKJIN KIM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2844