Dear Group:
One may see a patent application for the "SteppIR" antenna on the
PTO's web site.

Look for:
20020171598 Tunable antenna system

Punch in the above number he
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html

The application issued as patent 6,677,914.

I can not remember if this has been posted. 73 Mac N8TT

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J. Mc Laughlin - Michigan USA
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Dear Group:
One may see a patent application for the "SteppIR" antenna on the
PTO's web site.

Look for:
20020171598 Tunable antenna system

Punch in the above number he
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html

The application issued as patent 6,677,914.

I can not remember if this has been posted. 73 Mac N8TT



Thanks, very well done!

How can you see the drawings?

Yuri, K3BU

Dear Yuri:
The drawings are TIFF files. As I understand it, the Japanese
patent office was using TIFF and the US PTO just followed their usage.
In my opinion, PDF should have been used for everything.
So, one needs a reading-program that is able to display TIFF files.
I use Quick View Plus. A look here
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/help/images.htm
will find what the PTO describes as "free, unlimited TIFF plug-ins."

400 dpi PDF files would have been much better for everyone! Smaller
files, better looking pages, and searching capability.

Let us know how things worked out.

73 Mac N8TT
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J. Mc Laughlin - Michigan USA
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Thanks, very well done!

How can you see the drawings?

Yuri, K3BU

"Yuri Blanarovich" wrote in message
...
Dear Group:
One may see a patent application for the "SteppIR" antenna on the
PTO's web site.

Look for:
20020171598 Tunable antenna system

Punch in the above number he
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html

The application issued as patent 6,677,914.

I can not remember if this has been posted. 73 Mac N8TT



Thanks, very well done!

How can you see the drawings?

Yuri, K3BU

How is it I get the feeling they are not trying to develope the remotely
tunable antenna. Seem to me someone just wants to have the patent on the
idea

How is it I get the feeling they are not trying to develope the remotely
tunable antenna. Seem to me someone just wants to have the patent on the
idea


Huh?
They developed it, making it and selling like a hotcakes. That's the idea, to
have a patent on the idea for terrific product!

Yuri, K3BU

"Yuri Blanarovich" wrote in message
...

How is it I get the feeling they are not trying to develope the remotely
tunable antenna. Seem to me someone just wants to have the patent on the
idea


Huh?
They developed it, making it and selling like a hotcakes. That's the idea,
to
have a patent on the idea for terrific product!

Yuri, K3BU

No, the idea is to invent something, make it, sell it like hotcakes, and
then sell the business when all the me-too's show up. The patent is just a
very time-consuming & expensive official license to sue whoever appears to
be improperly competing with you. Your lawyer may not help you with circuit
design, but he will advise that you go for a patent.

Ed
wb6wsn

They developed it, making it and selling like a hotcakes. That's the idea,
to
have a patent on the idea for terrific product!

Yuri, K3BU

No, the idea is to invent something, make it, sell it like hotcakes, and
then sell the business when all the me-too's show up. The patent is just a
very time-consuming & expensive official license to sue whoever appears to
be improperly competing with you. Your lawyer may not help you with circuit
design, but he will advise that you go for a patent.

Ed
wb6wsn



You can file patent yourself and it doesn't have to be very time and money
consuming. In some situations it is worth it (Laser) in many situations patents
remain unutilized. Often it is deterrent to me-too's and if you have a lawyer
in the family, it could be reasonable.

Yuri

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 02:16:42 -0700, "Ed Price"
wrote:

Your lawyer may not help you with circuit
design, but he will advise that you go for a patent.

Hi Ed,

You forgot to ad that patents are ego certificates. As for circuit
design advice, my lawyer could do that. He also had degrees in
chemistry and mechanical engineering. However, he never intruded into
anything but the legal claims language which he could craft with the
baroque style of the best of them. I think I average 200 for each of
my patents.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

"Yuri Blanarovich" wrote in message
...

How is it I get the feeling they are not trying to develope the remotely
tunable antenna. Seem to me someone just wants to have the patent on the
idea


Huh?
They developed it, making it and selling like a hotcakes. That's the idea,
to
have a patent on the idea for terrific product!

Yuri, K3BU
Really, didnt know the things were on the market.

www.steppir.com

Alan NV8A


On 08/23/04 04:23 pm Jimmie put fingers to keyboard and launched the
following message into cyberspace:

How is it I get the feeling they are not trying to develope the remotely
tunable antenna. Seem to me someone just wants to have the patent on the
idea

Huh?
They developed it, making it and selling like a hotcakes. That's the idea,

to

have a patent on the idea for terrific product!

Really, didnt know the things were on the market.