[TowerTalk] Hi-Z Antenna Stuff

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > Not being a lawyer I wonder what the "reexam" means?

Reexam means the patent is being reviewed again to see if it was valid
- specifically if the material covered was truly "novel."   Whether the
device/process in question was covered by other patents, was previously
documented (publicly) by others or was "obvious to one trained in the
field" (i.e., not "new" or unique).

Reexamination is one way for a defendant in an infringement suite to
to defend themselves - by invalidating the patent thus eliminating
the possibility of infringement.

In this case, I would expect a high probability of a reexamination
finding the Rausch patent invalid.  I have a file full of articles
containing similar techniques for phasing arrays of receive antennas
and I know W8JI has seen much of it.  In addition, there are several
Antenna Forum presentations from Dayton and on-line articles showing
similar phasing systems using loops, active antennas, and K9AY
elements.  None of it can hardly be called novel or innovative.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2/7/2012 12:33 PM, Mike & Becca Krzystyniak wrote:
> For many of the same reasons I agree with Wilson too.   But obviously the
> examiners saw something in the claims that they approved of (the so called
> flux capacitor).
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> Out of curiosity I did a patent search and it appears that in the week 50
> registry (December 13, 2011) there is language that suggests the patent is
> being reexamined at the request of a Colorado law firm.
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> Search on: http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week50/OG/TOC.htm
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> and word search the page for: 7,423,588      and if you click on the patent
> number you also get the claims summary which tells you a lot more than just
> the schematic.
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> Not being a lawyer I wonder what the "reexam" means?
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> FYI.     73  Mike K9MK
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> I was told a loooooong time ago.. " Follow the $$$$$   Wayne W3EA
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>   >  Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:12:23 +0100
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>> From:<mailto:miroslav.sibilja at amis.net>  miroslav.sibilja at amis.net
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>> Can't agree more with Wilson!
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>> 73 Mirko, S57AD
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>> Dne 07. februar 2012 18:04 je Wilson Lamb<
> <mailto:infomet at embarqmail.com>  infomet at embarqmail.com>napisal/-a:
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>>> It's disappointing to see hams doing this to each other.
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>>> It's darn hard to see what's patentable in that schematic...tuned
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>>> circuits, diode limiters, and buffer amps, wow, hi tech!!  ALL the
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>>> math is decades old too, so where's the new part??  With decades of
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>>> phased array use, you'd think this basic stuff would be ho hum for
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>>> everyone!
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>>> Wilson
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>>> W4BOH
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