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In the drawings, the broken lines depict environmental subject matter only for illustrative purposes and form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash lines represent boundaries between claimed and unclaimed subject matter.
Claims
The ornamental design for an antenna, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 12, 2010
Date of Patent: Aug 28, 2012
Assignee: Antennas Direct, Inc. (Ellisville, MO)
Inventors: Richard E. Schneider (Wildwood, MO), John Edwin Ross, III (Moab, UT), Corey Feit (St. Louis, MO), Dale Picolet (House Springs, MO)
Primary Examiner: John Windmuller
Attorney: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
Application Number: 29/376,791