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US3096474A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Microwave frequency converter

Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1960-12-23
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Granted: 1963-07-02
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Expires: 1980-12-23
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Georges R P Marie

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 22:52
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03D; H03D9/00; H03D9/06; H03D9/0608; H03D9/0616

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 245 words
IN COMBINATION, FIRST AND SECOND SOURCES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ENERGY OF FIRST AND SECOND FREQUENCIES, PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID ENERGY OF SAID FIRST FREQUENCY IN A MULTIPLICITY OF LINEARLY POLARIZED POLARIZATIONS, A PLURALITY OF AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS POSITIONED ABOUT AND ELECTROMAGNETICALLY COUPLED TO SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS EACH WITH AND AXIS ORTHOGONAL TO THE AXIS OF SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID ENERGY OF SAID FIRST FREQUENCY, RADIATING MEANS AXIALLY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR DIRECTING LINEARLY POLARIZED ENERGY OF SAID FIRST FREQUENCY ORTHOGONALLY TO THE PROPAGATION AXIS OF SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FROM SAID FIRST SOURCE TOWARD SAID AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS, NONLINEAR CONDUCTING MEANS LOCATED WITHIN SAID AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS AND ENERGIZED BY SAID SECOND SOURCE WITH PHASE DIFFERENCIES DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ANGULAR SEPARATION OF SAID AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS ABOUT SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR REFLECTING ENERGY OF SAID FIRST FREQUENCY OF A POLARIZATION THAT ROTATES AT SAID SECOND FREQUENCY FROM SAID AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS INTO SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS, MEANS WITHIN SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR CONVERTING SAID REFLECTING ENERGY INTO TWO MUTUALLY ORTHOGONAL LINEARLY POLARIZED WAVES ONE OF WHICH HAS A FREQUENCY EQUAL TO THE SUM OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FREQUENCIES AND THE OTHER OF WHICH HAS A FREQUENCY EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FREQUENCIES, AND MEANS WITHIN SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID CONVERTING MEANS FROM SAID AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SEPARATING SAID LINEARLY POLARIZED WAVES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 245 words
IN COMBINATION, FIRST AND SECOND SOURCES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ENERGY OF FIRST AND SECOND FREQUENCIES, PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID ENERGY OF SAID FIRST FREQUENCY IN A MULTIPLICITY OF LINEARLY POLARIZED POLARIZATIONS, A PLURALITY OF AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS POSITIONED ABOUT AND ELECTROMAGNETICALLY COUPLED TO SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS EACH WITH AND AXIS ORTHOGONAL TO THE AXIS OF SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID ENERGY OF SAID FIRST FREQUENCY, RADIATING MEANS AXIALLY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR DIRECTING LINEARLY POLARIZED ENERGY OF SAID FIRST FREQUENCY ORTHOGONALLY TO THE PROPAGATION AXIS OF SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FROM SAID FIRST SOURCE TOWARD SAID AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS, NONLINEAR CONDUCTING MEANS LOCATED WITHIN SAID AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS AND ENERGIZED BY SAID SECOND SOURCE WITH PHASE DIFFERENCIES DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ANGULAR SEPARATION OF SAID AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS ABOUT SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR REFLECTING ENERGY OF SAID FIRST FREQUENCY OF A POLARIZATION THAT ROTATES AT SAID SECOND FREQUENCY FROM SAID AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS INTO SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS, MEANS WITHIN SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR CONVERTING SAID REFLECTING ENERGY INTO TWO MUTUALLY ORTHOGONAL LINEARLY POLARIZED WAVES ONE OF WHICH HAS A FREQUENCY EQUAL TO THE SUM OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FREQUENCIES AND THE OTHER OF WHICH HAS A FREQUENCY EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FREQUENCIES, AND MEANS WITHIN SAID PRINCIPAL SUPPORTING MEANS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID CONVERTING MEANS FROM SAID AUXILIARY SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SEPARATING SAID LINEARLY POLARIZED WAVES.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-07-01 1966-12-31 1967-07-02 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-07-01 1970-12-31 1971-07-02 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-07-01 1974-12-31 1975-07-02 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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