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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. 15, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2004
Applicant:
Peter Heureux, Felton, CA (US);
Inventor:
Peter Heureux, Felton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The spatial light modulator of the present invention comprises an array of micromirrors, each of which has a reflective deflectable mirror plate. A set of posts are provided for holding the mirror plates on a substrate, but not all micromirrors of the micromirror array have posts.