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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:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Robert Roderick Thomson, Edinburgh, GB;
Henry Thomas Gibson Bookey, Stirling, GB;
Nicholas David Psaila, Midlothian, GB;
Ajoy Kumar Kar, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Robert Roderick Thomson, Edinburgh, GB;
Henry Thomas Gibson Bookey, Stirling, GB;
Nicholas David Psaila, Midlothian, GB;
Ajoy Kumar Kar, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburg, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical adapter that is arranged to connect two or more optical devices that have different connector layouts, the optical adapter comprising a material through which a plurality of waveguides is formed, the waveguides defining a first connector configuration at one end or face of the material and a second connector configuration at another, or same end or face of the material.