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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:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard G Sevier, Boise, ID (US);
Eric L Andersen, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359726 ; 359871 ;
Abstract
A mirror and lens assembly which selectively places a mirror or other reflective surface into or out of the light path of an optical transducer in an optical data port to redirect incoming and/or outgoing optical signals and thereby permit data transfer from more than one general direction or position.