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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Nahal Niakan, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/44 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 5/20 (2015.01); H01Q 9/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); H01Q 1/44 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 5/20 (2015.01); H01Q 9/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An instrument includes a housing that defines a handle for a user of the instrument, and a circuit disposed within the housing, the circuit being configured to implement wireless communications. The housing includes a conductive shaft. The circuit is electrically connected to the conductive shaft such that the conductive shaft is configured as an antenna element for the wireless communications or as a ground plane for the antenna element.