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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:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Applicants:
Aref Chowdhury, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Philip Moss Platzman, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Lorraine S. Platzman, Legal Representative, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Aref Chowdhury, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Philip Moss Platzman, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Lorraine S. Platzman, legal representative, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/028 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes a medium that is a metamaterial over a frequency range. The medium includes a stack of layers or slabs. A mechanical, electrical, or magnetic property of the layers or slabs of the stack varies monotonically between neighboring ones of the layers or slabs.