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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:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/22 ;
Abstract
A coated optical fiber comprising a glass fiber constituted by a silica based glass core and cladding; and a primary coating and a secondary coating which are formed by photo-curing a primary coating resin layer and a secondary coating resin layer which are applied to an outer periphery of the glass fiber, wherein a maximum value A,of absorbances A,of the secondary coating resin layer before curing with respect to light in a wavelength region of 310 to 340 nm is not more than 0.5, whereas absorbances A,of the primary coating resin layer before curing with respect to light in this wavelength region are greater than the absorbances A,.