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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:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Applicants:
James R. Wood, Grapevine, TX (US);
Mark K. Browder, Frisco, TX (US);
Inventors:
James R. Wood, Grapevine, TX (US);
Mark K. Browder, Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention, in its various aspects and embodiments, comprises a method and apparatus for an optical filament launch. In one aspect, the present invention generates a plurality of plasma filaments defining a radio frequency propagation path. In a second aspect, the present invention generates a pulsed plasma filament RF transmission line.