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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:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
May. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
David G Pelka, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
TIR Technologies, Inc., Carson City, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 37 ; 385 12 ; 385 38 ; 385129 ; 385901 ;
Abstract
Radiant electromagnetic energy transmitting apparatus, comprising an elongated body consisting of electromagnetic energy transmitting material, the energy injected into the body to travel therein and to be trapped during the travel by total internal reflecting off walls defined by the body, and there being at least one site within the body having variegated surface relief acting to scatter incident radiant energy for ejection from the body as rays defining a selected solid angle.