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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. 24, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Thomas, Petaluma, CA (US);
Michael Munroe, Petaluma, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mahi Networks, Petaluma, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/402 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/402 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are contemplated for sharing optical sources in an optical network, which typically reduces the number of optical sources needed to operate the optical network.