AFOP Announces Patent Grant from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Multi-Mode Tap Filters for High-Speed Data Communica...
March 16 2016 - 8:05AM
Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFOP), an
innovative supplier of fiber optic components, subsystems, and
integrated modules for the optical network equipment market, today
announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has
granted two patents in the company’s Tap Filter technology
portfolio. The two patents, U.S. Patent No. 9,182,550 and
9,188,744, cover designs for power splitting without dispersion,
for high-speed data communications in both Unidirectional and
Bi-directional applications. AFOP’s patented Multi-Mode Tap
technology addresses the increasing Data Center needs for
high-speed and cost-effective optical power monitoring.
“We are pleased with the newly granted patents on Tap Filters
which are seeing great market acceptance for high-speed data
communications optical monitoring,” said David Hubbard, Executive
VP of Sales and Marketing. "AFOP is one of the leading fiber
interconnect providers to data centers and has innovated to bring
solutions appropriate for next generation high bandwidth
applications. These new U.S. patents add further depth to AFOP's
extensive patent portfolio for optical communications devices."
About AFOP
Founded in 1995, Alliance Fiber Optic Products,
Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of high
performance fiber optic components and integrated modules. AFOP's
products are used by leading and emerging communications equipment
manufacturers to deliver optical networking systems to the
long-haul, enterprise, data center, metropolitan and last mile
access segments of the communications network. AFOP offers a broad
product line of passive optical components including interconnect
systems, splitters, thin film CWDM and DWDM components and modules,
and optical attenuators. AFOP is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California, with manufacturing and product development capabilities
in the United States, Taiwan and China. AFOP's
website is located at http://www.afop.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters set forth in this press release, including statements as to
our expectations regarding future revenue levels, profits, business
prospects and the time periods thereof, our beliefs regarding
demand in the global market, growth in the fiber optics industry,
and our expectation regarding future demand for our products are
forward looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially,
including, but not limited to general economic conditions and
trends, trends in demand for bandwidth, the rate of conversion from
copper to fiber technology, the impact of competitive products and
pricing, timely introduction of new technologies, timely design
acceptance by our customers, the acceptance of new products and
technologies by our customers, customer demand for our products,
the timing of customer orders, loss of key customers, our ability
to ramp new products into volume production, the mix of products
sold and product pricing, the costs associated with running our
operations, industry-wide shifts in supply and demand for optical
components and modules, industry overcapacity and demand for
bandwidth, the success of cost control initiatives, our ability to
obtain and maintain operational efficiencies, financial stability
in foreign markets, and other risks detailed from time to time in
our SEC reports, including AFOP's quarterly report on
Form 10-K for the quarter ended December 31, 2015. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. AFOP
disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Keting Lin
Investor Relations Associate
408-736-6900 ext.188
klin@afop.com
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