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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:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
A. Joseph Antos, Elmira, NY (US);
Polly W. Chu, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 3/7023 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 3/7023 ;
Abstract
A sintered dense glass, alumina-doped optical fiber preform is stretched and is then heated to a temperature of 1490-1495° C. to remove bubbles without causing crystallization. Thereafter, the stretched glass body is either drawn directly into an optical fiber or overclad and then drawn into a fiber.