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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:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2004
Applicant:
Christopher M. Look, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventor:
Christopher M. Look, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intellambda Systems, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus to provide optical equipment protection have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes diverting a predetermined portion of each of a plurality of optical signals to a plurality of photonic detectors within a first optical network node, and detecting the plurality of signals using the plurality of photonic detectors, each of the plurality of photonic detectors being designated to detect one of the plurality of optical signals. Other embodiments have been claimed and described.