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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. 07, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eugen Schenfeld, South Brunswick, NJ (US);
David T Neilson, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Tae J Kim, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
NEC Research Institute, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359618 ; 359626 ; 359636 ; 359831 ; 359837 ; 385 36 ; 385136 ; 385137 ; 385147 ;
Abstract
Optical components that are designed to be coupled together in modular fashion to form an optical network. The components are shaped so that a plurality of components can be coupled together to form a light cube. The components are provided with mating means to permit easy coupling. The preferred form of component is a right-angled triangular prism that can be coupled together with a similar prism to form a cube.