IP Library Granted Patent US 5,940,552
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US 5,940,552 · App. 08/950,114

Optical switch with multiple refractive elements pivoted into respective binary states

Inventors: Warren Hale Lewis, Robert Nelson Fair, Jr., Terence Mason Ward, Casey Francis Kane
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Granted: Aug 17, 1999 Filed: Oct 14, 1997
Inventors
Warren Hale Lewis
Robert Nelson Fair, Jr.
Terence Mason Ward
Casey Francis Kane
Assignee (at issue)
Whitaker & Company

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Patent No.
US 5,940,552
App. No.
08/950,114
Filed
1997-10-14
Granted
1999-08-17
Kind
A