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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:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Joseph J. Vandenberg, West Covina, CA (US);
Norman S. Kwong, San Marino, CA (US);
Alex A. Behfar, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph J. Vandenberg, West Covina, CA (US);
Norman S. Kwong, San Marino, CA (US);
Alex A. Behfar, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Binoptics Corporation, Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surface emitting laser () and a monitoring photodetector (MPD)are mounted in a TO (transistor outline package) can () on the same plane as one another. Light from a rear facet () of the laser is directed to the MPD through a polymer light guide ().