IP Library Granted Patent US 4,786,178
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US 4,786,178 · App. 06/941,848

Apparatus and method for detecting the position and orientation of a reference beam of light

Inventor: Ted L. Teach
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Granted: Nov 22, 1988 Filed: Dec 15, 1986
Inventor
Ted L. Teach
Assignee (at issue)
Spectra-Physics, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 4,786,178
App. No.
06/941,848
Filed
1986-12-15
Granted
1988-11-22
Kind
A