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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. 21, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald J Martin, Fremont, CA (US);
Ralph A Narciso, Woodside, CA (US);
David T Lowe, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Clifford H Greenman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raynet Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9616 ; 350 9615 ; 350320 ;
Abstract
A method of providing optical signal transmission past an optical fiber section in need of repair includes withdrawing an optical signal from the fiber upstream of the section and injecting the signal into the fiber downstream of the section in a passive manner while the section is being repaired.