US Patent Issued to FIRST RF on June 2 for "Broadband tapered monopole antenna" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,849, issued on June 2, was assigned to FIRST RF Corp. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Broadband tapered monopole antenna" was invented by Michael Robert Markey (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A broadband tapered monopole antenna includes a counterpoise that is oriented horizontally and a planar radiator that is oriented vertically. The planar radiator is bounded by a curved edge extending between first and second vertices, a first edge adjacent to the curved edge, a second edge adjacent to the first edge, and a third edge adjacent to both the second edge and the curved edge. The first edge extends vertically between the second ve...