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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:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Nlight, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Inventors:
Scott R. Karlsen, Battleground, WA (US);
David R Balsley, Portland, OR (US);
Nicolas Trent Meacham, Vancouver, WA (US);
Austin Hagarty, Camas, WA (US);
Dahv A. V. Kliner, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
nLIGHT, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/4257 (2013.01); G01J 1/0414 (2013.01); G01J 1/0437 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments may include a power monitor to measure power of laser light propagating in a core of an optical fiber; the power monitor to generate a sensor signal using an optical sensor having a light sensitive section with no line of sight to part of the optical fiber; wherein the sensor signal is derived from light emerging laterally from the part of the optical fiber. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.