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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:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark J Schnitzer, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/00 ; G02B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/00 ; G02B 2/100 ;
Abstract
An optical microscope includes a compound GRIN objective and a lens system. The compound GRIN objective is able to form an image of an object located near one end of the GRIN objective. The compound GRIN objective is configured to limit a lateral field of view for the image to a distance equal to the diameter of the GRIN objective. The lens system is positioned to form a magnified image of an image formed by the compound GRIN objective.