Patents by Inventor Everett Jacob Marttila

Everett Jacob Marttila has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Extended source free-space optical communication system
    Publication number: 20040120717
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for free space optical communication. The apparatus includes a first optical source configured to generate a first optical beam, a first optical beam carrier optically aligned with the first optical source and configured to propagate at least a portion of the first optical beam, and an extended source optically aligned with the first optical beam carrier and configured to output an extended source optical beam. The extended source can include an extended source telescope configured to direct at least a portion of the first optical beam to output the extended source optical beam into free-space. Alternative the extended source can include a large core fiber optic cable configured to propagate at least a portion of the first optical beam exercising additional modes of the large core fiber cable to generate the extended source optical beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: LightPointe Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald R. Clark, Everett Jacob Marttila