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Antenna for programming a transponder

CA 2179965 C · Owner: Ellwood, David · Inventors: Urbas, Donald J.; Ellwood, David

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

An antenna for programming a transponder in a partially shielded housing includes a non-metal spindle having a slot therein. The slot is adapted to receive the shielded housing containing the transponder. An exciter coil assembly is wound about the spindle so that the spindle positions the transponder relative to the exciter coil assembly so that the coil of the transponder antenna is coaxially aligned with the coil of the programming antenna.

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  • Filed June 26, 1996 and granted January 2, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 26, 2016.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 26, 2018.
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FiledJune 26, 1996
GrantedJanuary 2, 2001
Term endedJune 26, 2016
Patent numberCA 2179965 C
Classification (IPC)H04B1/59 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJune 26, 1996Patent grantedJan 2, 2001Term endedJune 26, 2016

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