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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:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J. Little, Oak Park, CA (US);
Thomas S. Tyrie, Oak Park, CA (US);
William P. Eaton, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
John J. Lyon, San Marcos, CA (US);
Assignee:
NP Photonics, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/600 ; G02B 2/608 ; G02B 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/600 ; G02B 2/608 ; G02B 7/02 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a compliant mechanism that can be used to make a variety of devices, such as tunable optical devices that are more reliable, more cost effective and/or exhibit better performance than prior art devices.