Battling Patents; Lightpointe vs Optical Access
LightPointe Granted U.S. Patent on Next Generation of Free-Space Optical Technology
Announcement Paves Way for All-Optical Free-Space Networks
SAN DIEGO - June 04, 2001: LightPointe, a manufacturer and designer of carrier-class optical transmission equipment using Free-Space Optical (FSO™) technology, today announced that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has issued the company a patent on its ground-breaking all-optical networking technology.
LightPointe's invention, U.S. Patent No. 6,239,888, allows for the cost effective development of an ultra-high bandwidth all-optical network using Free-Space Optics without the need for electro-optical (E-O) conversion between fiber and free-space optical links. This technology will enable LightPointe to significantly drive down the costs of network deployments.
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MRV Communications Granted Patent on Breakthrough Free Space Optics Technology
Key Benefits - No O-E-O (Optical-Electrical-Optical) Conversion Required on the Rooftop
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Apr 24, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Nasdaq: MRVC), a world-class leader in optical components and network infrastructure products and services, has been granted a key Free Space Optics (FSO) industry patent. The patent, "Wireless optical communications without electronics", is the first of its kind with no O-E-O Conversion required.
Compare and contrast.
What was Medved's reaction when the LP patent was announced? something like "They've done it first!"???
A little bit of hyper/spin in MRV's press release I do believe.
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