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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1989

Filed:

Jun. 30, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:

Robert J Mansfield, Stow, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65-311 ; 65262 ; 65-32 ; 65 182 ; 65 183 ; 65 301 ;
Abstract

There is disclosed a method of finishing or smoothing the surface of an optical start rod through the use of plasma heat in an atmosphere which prevents contamination of the rod by residual water. Also there is disclosed a method of fabricating an optical waveguide wherein the start rod has deposited thereon silica soot and which is subsequently consolidated by a plasma.


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