The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Anil Bastola, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Wei Liu, Sterling, TX (US);
Randy LaRue McClure, Corning, NY (US);
Chad Charles Terwilliger, Lindley, NY (US);
Elizabeth Tran, Painted Post, NY (US);
Chanh Cuong Vo, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Qi Wu, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/255 (2006.01); C03C 25/105 (2018.01); C03C 25/26 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/2558 (2013.01); C03C 25/105 (2013.01); C03C 25/26 (2013.01); G02B 6/2551 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a polymeric overcoating used as a splice protector, and a corresponding method of application where the resulting coated fusion spliced optical fibers or coated fusion spliced optical fiber ribbons can be bundled or stacked to reduce the size of splice protection.