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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:
May. 08, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter J Tomlinson, III, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9617 ; 350 9618 ; 350 9619 ;
Abstract
A wavelength division optical multiplexer for combining single mode beams involves a lens formed in a thin-film waveguide and a reflection diffraction grating outside the waveguide.