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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:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph A. Levert, Vista, CA (US);
Michael Talmadge, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Otuma, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ; G02B 6/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ; G02B 6/42 ;
Abstract
A method of placing a fiber on a substrate includes holding at least one fiber under tension, aligning the held fiber with a groove formed into a substrate, moving the substrate towards the fiber to place the fiber in the groove, fixing the position of the fiber under tension in the groove, and releasing the fiber.