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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2003
Applicants:

Eugene Tokhtuev, Duluth, MN (US);

Viktor Slobodyan, Duluth, MN (US);

Anatoly Skirda, Duluth, MN (US);

Christopher J. Owen, Duluth, MN (US);

Jose A. Goin, Duluth, MN (US);

Christopher A. Buck, Duluth, MN (US);

Inventors:

Eugene Tokhtuev, Duluth, MN (US);

Viktor Slobodyan, Duluth, MN (US);

Anatoly Skirda, Duluth, MN (US);

Christopher J. Owen, Duluth, MN (US);

Jose A. Goin, Duluth, MN (US);

Christopher A. Buck, Duluth, MN (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention provides a radiation sensor including a housing, an attenuator with at least one cavity for attenuating optical radiation, and a detector, as well as an optical attenuator including an attenuator body, an entrance with one multi-stage input opening or plural input openings, and means for transferring radiation inside of the attenuator body and then to a detector. The invention further provides methods for using the radiation sensor or the optical attenuator.


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