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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:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Hongbin Zhang, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Haifeng LI, Morganville, NJ (US);
Ralph Brian Jander, Freehold, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Hongbin Zhang, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Haifeng Li, Morganville, NJ (US);
Ralph Brian Jander, Freehold, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/08 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for monitoring an optical communication system. The system may include trunk terminals coupled through a trunk path and a branch terminal coupled the trunk path. A monitoring signal routing device within the branch terminal routes a monitoring signal from a branch-drop path to a branch-add path.