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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:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
Applicants:
Kevin Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ping Xie, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ping Xie, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Finisar Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B006/26 ; G02B006/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for tuning an optical element include, in one aspect, an optical element having a specified response at a predetermined location and means for redirecting incident light to a location on the optical element other than the predetermined location so as to achieve a desired response.