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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:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward P. Zahora, Naperville, IL (US);
Edward J. Murphy, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
David M. Szum, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Assignee:
DSM N.V, Heerlen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/04 ; G02B 6/44 ; G02B 6/16 ; G02B 1/12 ; C09D 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/04 ; G02B 6/44 ; G02B 6/16 ; G02B 1/12 ; C09D 1/102 ;
Abstract
Provided is a ribbon assembly containing a plurality of coated optical glass fibers and a matrix material which binds the plurality of coated optical glass fibers together. At least one of the coated optical glass fibers contains an ink coating or colored outer primary coating. At least one of the ink coating, the colored outer primary coating, or the matrix material contains a phospholipid.