IP Library Granted Patent US 5,970,186
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US 5,970,186 · App. 08/816,124

Hybrid digital electro-optic switch

Inventors: John Kenney, Richard D. Sherman
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Granted: Oct 19, 1999 Filed: Mar 11, 1997
Inventors
John Kenney
Richard D. Sherman
Assignee (at issue)
LIGHTWAVE MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 5,970,186
App. No.
08/816,124
Filed
1997-03-11
Granted
1999-10-19
Kind
A