On Sep 1, 9:41*am, Art Unwin wrote:
On Sep 1, 4:04*am, "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote:



Jeff Liebermann wrote:
I especially want to see how the elements
can be random and resonant at the same time, and what degree of
randomness is required.

Jeff, Art,

What bothered me is that if an antenna is really made from random elements,
I can't quite figure out who designed it? G-D? The ether bunnies? No one?
Is it a karmic joining of the forces of the universe? The work of the devil?

If it is a fixed number (or limited set) of elements placed in position,
then it is certainly not random.

I am not an expert on patents, but from what I do know, if you can't patent
randomly placing elements in no pattern. If you place them in a pattern, it
is no longer random and can be patented if you can define that pattern.

You could observe, measure or calculate that if you randomly place
elements, one or more of the resulting patterns, layouts, etc will
produce specific results and patent that specific pattern. There is no
requirment that you invent something by any means more scientific than
just throwning sticks on the floor randomly.

However if you can not identify that pattern, you can't patent it. If
you do identify that pattern, you can patent an Unwin antenna, or a
Liebermann-Unwin antenna, if Jeff were to find that critical piece you
were missing.

I did not read the entire patent application, Jeff posted it what was very
late last night for me, but I did browse it. If the antenna is a modified
Yagi-Uda design, then it is a design and not random. If it just happens to
work better than one, I'm not sure that is relevant to the patent.

I think that what you are trying to patent is randomly tossing metal
sticks on the ground and connecting wires to some of them in some random
fashion. I don't think this is what you had intended to do at all.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel *N3OWJ/4X1GM

The first object is to establish equilibrium by using a WL radiator.
Anything less breaks away from equilibrium.Adding a second radiator
affects the electrical length of both radiators together with their
angle with respect to each other i.e. not planar.
The question then becomes what is the reference line to determine the
exact position?
Now you can deviate from such a equilibrium by adding a radiator that
is not a WL which then pressures the arbitrary boundary close to
rupture and so on. Thus the available number and electrical WL
escalate each without a reference point expands because it will change
as you move it on the surface of the Earth. Thus "random" is a hard
word to use when it is any arrangement that satisfies the term of
equilibrium. If the radiators were magnetic in nature and was thrown
on the floor they could combine in a arrangement via repell and
attract that would be maintained or jarred to another cluster position
while still retaining equilibrium. Thus one should see how difficult
it is quantasize an arrangement when equilibrium has no measurable
point of reference that meets PTO requirements. But I would be
interested if a solution could be presented that provided the metrics
of such a arrangement such that a drawing could be made that is a
picture of any final arrangement of the cluster that would occur for
all to duplicate. It was for the above reasons why I included a
typical computerized arrangement which by itself is not required in a
patent request. As always the difficulty is in the details thus the
need to establish a datum line which I can use for the remaining
disclosures is required such that it is not rejected on technicalities
while providing all details in advance to the World. Thus we have what
Jeff said, *The sum of all comments on this new group amount to zero"
duplicate under any circumstances.

Nothing wrong with this patent application except that granting it
would give Art rights to every antenna made. An antenna with randomly
placed elements could be defined as almost anything. In other words
the patent application lacks UNIQUENESS.

Jimmie