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NTT received the Prize of Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office at the 2012 National Commendation for Invention

A patented invention of "Efficient Mapping and Time Division Multiplexing for Large Capacity Optical Transport Networks (OTNs)" (PAT. No. 3529713), developed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT, Tokyo) received the Prize of Commissioner of Japan Patent Office, which was presented at the 2012 National Commendation for Invention by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation. In connection with this Prize, NTT also received the Invention Practice Service Prize. A ceremony of commendation was held at Hotel Okura Tokyo.

This invention is related to the technology for providing a new digital frame format, which is suitable for high-speed optical transmission at the rate of 40 Gbis/s/ch or more. Being adopted as the Recommendation ITU-T G.709, this technology is used in the commercial telecommunication services and contributing to the growth of social infrastructure in a global scale.

The National Commendation for Invention is an annual concours designed to contribute to the development and advancement of science and technology by formally recognizing creators of particularly outstanding inventions as well as persons highly notable in their ability to exploit and promote inventions. Each year, the Imperial Household extends its special consideration to encourage inventions and graciously provides funding for the Imperial Invention prize, in line with the above mission, to inventors who have made distinguished achievements. The ceremony of commendation was held in the presence of their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Hitachi. The creators of the invention, Dr. Masahito Tomizawa, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, and four others, and Mr. Noritaka Uji, Senior Executive Vice President, as the representative of NTT, participated in the ceremony and received the certificates of merit and the medals.

NTT will make every effort to create outstanding technologies and intellectual properties for contributing to the development of social infrastructure.

The Prize of Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office

Masahito Tomizawa:

Senior research engineer, supervisor, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories.

Yoshiaki Kisaka:

Senior research engineer, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories.

Yutaka Miyamoto:

Senior distinguished researcher, supervisor, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories.

Takashi Ono:

Senior research engineer, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories.

Hiromu Toba:

Photonics Business Group, Optical Communication Systems Group, General Manager, NTT Electronics Corporation.

The Invention Practice Service Prize

Satoshi Miura:

Representative Director and President, Chief Executive Officer, NTT.

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Mr. Noritaka Uji (center), Senior Executive Vice President, NTT, and the creators of the invention accompanied by their wives