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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; C03B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9621 ; 350 9633 ; 350 9634 ; 350320 ; 65-42 ; 65 12 ; 219384 ; 2191212 ; 219411 ;
Abstract
A process for fusion-splicing hermetically coated optical fibers each of which comprises an inorganic coating, an optical fiber glass and optionally an organic coating, which process comprises removing the inorganic coating, fusion-splicing the fibers and then coating a portion where the inorganic coating is removed with an inorganic material.