Sixth Patent for
Fractal Antennas by Massachusetts Firm
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)—December 4,
2002--Fractal Antenna
Systems, Inc., today disclosed that the firm has been issued a
new U.S. patent on its fractal antenna technology. This is the
sixth patent for the antenna and electronics innovator,
augmenting its IP portfolio on the breakthrough technology it
discovered and pioneered.
Noted the firm’s CEO, David Moschella:
"This is the strongest indication yet of our firm’s
value and position with respect to this exciting technology,
and further security to our customers in establishing the
ownership of the patent rights in it."
Fractal antennas are based on intricate
repeating geometrical shapes. They have unique attributes that
make them especially valuable for telecommunications and other
wireless needs. They are very broadband, physically smaller,
and can be chosen to work at specific bands. A subset of
fractal designs has been shown by the firm’s scientists to
be essential to understanding the property of ‘frequency
independence’ in Maxwell’s equations, which govern the
properties of the electromagnetic spectrum including radio
frequencies.
Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. was founded
in 1995 by Nathan Cohen, now a recently retired Boston
University telecommunications professor and radio astronomer.
The firm has grown exponentially in the last year, with the
continued acceptance of fractal antennas in engineering
circles. Adds Moschella: "We see a record year ahead for
sales of our products and licensing of our designs, and
believe that our worldwide sales will be mirrored by our
increasing domestic and international patent portfolio."
The firm has truly been a textbook case
of a company expanding with a disruptive technology. Nathan
Cohen, CTO states: "A great idea, with slow but gradual
acceptance and niche markets, ends up cutting into market
share of established firms with old technology.
The new technology sees acceptance in the mainstream.
It’s quite clear from our customers that we’ve had impact
on an industry that for generations has been offering little
that is really new. This explains why we are growing many-fold
while firms are contracting, and other start-ups are
scrambling for fresh funding."
Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. has dozens
of U.S. and international patents pending and
expects further issuance of patents in coming months.
The company maintains web sites at: http://www.fractenna.com
and http://www.fractalantenna.com.
Attn: Technology and Business Editors
Massachusetts
CONTACT: Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc.
David
Moschella, 617-381-9595
