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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2018
Applicants:
Mark E. Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Kimon Papakos, Highland Park, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark E. Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Kimon Papakos, Highland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04L 25/03 (2006.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/0221 (2013.01); H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); H04B 10/07957 (2013.01); H04J 14/021 (2013.01); H04J 14/0215 (2013.01); H04J 14/0217 (2013.01); H04L 25/03006 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04J 14/0212 (2013.01); H04L 2025/03528 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to programmable ROADMs used to construct optical nodes. Example embodiments include wavelength switches and waveguide switches, wherein the waveguide switches may be programmed to direct wavelength division multiplexed optical signals to and from the wavelength switches.