[Antennas] Antenna-Related Patents

[Chris Trask]

>
>     All the claims depend on either having a transmitter with a power 
>output of more than about 500 watts, or a receiver having an input of more 
>than about 500 watts (sic). This restriction is probably the only way they 
>could get it past the examiner because of prior art.
>

     Very likely.  I've been trying to get access to the correspondence for this patent, but the USPTO PAIR site is chronically down every morning.



Chris

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