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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:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony P Baker, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel USA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3503 / ; 350 9614 ; 350 9615 ; 350 9616 ; 3503 / ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal optical cross point switching device includes first and second liquid crystal optical switches each characterized as having optical fibers spaced apart by liquid crystal material over a length thereof along which the cores of the fibers are exposed.