IP Library Granted Patent US 5,699,462
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US 5,699,462 · App. 08/663,503

Total internal reflection optical switches employing thermal activation

Inventors: Julie E. Fouquet, Phillip W. Barth, Kok-Wai Chang, Leslie A. Field, Eric G. Hanson, Long Yang, David K. Donald
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Granted: Dec 16, 1997 Filed: Jun 14, 1996
Inventors
Julie E. Fouquet
Phillip W. Barth
Kok-Wai Chang
Leslie A. Field
Eric G. Hanson
Long Yang
David K. Donald
Assignee (at issue)
Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P.

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Patent No.
US 5,699,462
App. No.
08/663,503
Filed
1996-06-14
Granted
1997-12-16
Kind
A