Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – Body-attached or connected
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-19
2008-11-04
Phan, Tho G (Department: 2821)
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
Body-attached or connected
C343S788000, C381S322000, C381S328000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07446720
ABSTRACT:
The present subject matter includes a hearing aid housing, a microphone, a wireless communication circuit, hearing aid electronics disposed in the housing, the hearing aid electronics connected to the wireless communication circuit and the microphone, an insertion removal handle connected to the hearing aid housing, the insertion removal handle extending away from the hearing aid housing and an antenna disposed within the insertion removal handle, the antenna connected to the wireless communication circuit, wherein at least a portion of the antenna disposed within the insertion removal handle is coiled.
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“Hearing Aids”, http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/hearing—aids.htm,(Observed Jan. 22, 2004),6 pgs.
Newton James
Victorian Thomas A.
Phan Tho G
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
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