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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:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael S Lebby, Apache Junction, AZ (US);
Christopher K Chun, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Gary F Witting, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372-6 ; 385 49 ; 385 88 ; 257 40 ;
Abstract
An article and method for making an integrated light emitting optical fiber (101) is provided. The optical fiber (101) having an optical surface (106) and an external surface (105) is provided. A first conductive layer (109) is disposed on the optical fiber (101). A light emitting layer (115) is disposed on a portion of the optical surface (106) of the optical fiber (101) and a second conductive layer (121) is disposed on the light emitting layer (115).