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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:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark G. Cockson, Lincoln, NE (US);
Assignee:
Centurion International, Inc., Lincoln, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ;
Abstract
A retractable ½ wave antenna having an integral matching section that can be used on a cellular telephone will be matched to a transceiver circuit when extended. When the antenna is retracted, it acts as a ¼ wave antenna and will still be matched to the transceiver circuit.