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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 8/27/2024 has been entered. The preliminary amendment filed on 8/27/2024 has been entered. Claims 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 22, and 26 have been canceled. Claims 1-3, 5, 7-9, 11, 13, 15, 17-21, 23-25, and 27-28 are presented for examination.
Specification
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The abstract of the disclosure is objected to because it contains legal phraseology in line 1 “Disclosed herein”.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claim 3 recites the limitation "the additional frequency splitters" in line 12. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. The correct support is found in line 8 of the claim as “an additional frequency splitter”.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-2, 5, 7-9, 11, 13, 15, 17-21, 23-25, and 27-28 are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: the prior art fails to generate a harmonic component and leakage component from the fundamental frequency and using the leakage component at second input to a second transformer. The prior art also fails to discloses a plurality of transmission signal at one or more harmonic frequencies may be radiated. Accordingly, the prior art fails to disclose:
i. (Currently Amended) An antenna device (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60) comprising:
a first transformer (120) configured to receive a first input signal (101) at a fundamental frequency (wl) and to generate a first transformer output (121) comprising a first harmonic component of the fundamental frequency (vl) and a first leakage component at the fundamental frequency (wl);
a first frequency splitter (130) comprising ana first input port to receive the first transformer output (121), a first output port to output the first harmonic component of the first transformer output (121) as a first transmission signal (141), and a second output port to output the first leakage component of the first transformer output (121) as a first leakage signal (131);
a first antenna element (140) configured to radiate, in use, the first transmission signal- (141);
a second transformer (220) configured to receive the first leakage signal (131) and to generate a second transformer output (221) comprising a second harmonic component of the fundamental frequency (vl) and a second leakage component at the fundamental frequency (vl);
a second frequency splitter (230) comprising ana second input port to receive the second transformer output (221), and a first third output port to output the second harmonic component of the second transformer output (221) as a second transmission signal (241); and
a second antenna element (240) configured to radiate, in use, the second transmission signal (241).
ii. (Currently Amended) A method of signal transmission, the method comprising:
receiving (512) a first input signal (101) at a fundamental frequency (w 1);generating (513) a first transformer output (121) comprising a first harmonic component of the fundamental frequency (wl) and a first leakage component at the fundamental frequency(wl);
receiving the first transformer output (121) at an input port of a first frequency splitter- (130); outputting (514) the first harmonic component of the first transformer output (121)fundamental frequency as a first transmission signal (141) from a first output port of the first frequency splitter (130); outputting (515) the first leakage component of the first transformer (120) output fundamental frequency as a first leakage signal (131) from a second output port of the first frequency splitter (130);
generating (516) a second transformer output (221) comprising a second harmonic component of the fundamental frequency (vl) and a second leakage component at the fundamental frequency (v 1);receiving the second transformer output (221) at an input port of a second frequency splitter (230); outputting (517) the second harmonic component of the second transformer output (221)fundamental frequency as a second transmission signal (241) from a first output port of the second frequency splitter (230); and radiating (518) each of the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal (141, 241) from a respective antenna element (140, 240).
Conclusion
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/THIEN M LE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2876