Appeal No. 1999-0602
Application 08/469,393
Representative claim 15 is reproduced below:
15. A method for achieving an electrically small, ultrawideband, high dynamic
range, active antenna, comprising the steps of:
arranging a plurality of magnetic field transducing devices in an array, each
transducing device being responsive to incident electromagnetic radiation to provide a
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minimum detectable magnetic field sensitivity of about 3 x 10 T over a bandwidth from
DC to 10 GHz;
distributing the incident electromagnetic radiation over the transducing devices
wherein each transducing device provides an output signal indicative of the magnitude of
the incident radiation; and
combining the output signal from each transducing device.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Hubbell 5,600,242 Feb. 4, 1997
Yokozawa et al. (Yokozawa)
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(Japanese) 64-50975 Feb. 27, 1989
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Fujimaki (Japanese) 02-298878 Dec. 11, 1990
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Biedermann et al.
(Biedermann)(German) 301301 Nov. 19, 1992
1Our understanding of this reference is based upon a translation provided by the
Scientific and Technical Information Center of the Patent & Trademark Office. A copy of
the translation is enclosed with this decision.
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