Patents by Inventor William Frank Brinkman

William Frank Brinkman 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).

  • Optical router
    Patent number: 6594049
    Abstract: An optical router and accompanying method utilizing an N×N frequency router and N tunable transmitters. Packets to be routed are “colored” according to their intended destination and applied to an input port of the frequency router such that they appear at a desired output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: William Frank Brinkman, Martin Zirngibl