Blue microlaser patent to draw industry interest
An exclusive license held by JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA) to US patent 4,809,291, issued to Tso Y. Fan and Robert L. Byer, "Diode Pumped Laser and Doubling to Obtain Blue Light," expires in December 2000, according to Jon Sandelin in the office of technology licensing at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).