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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1999
Bob James Overton, Lenoir, NC (US);
Peter R. Stupak, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Michael B. Purvis, Hickory, NC (US);
Robert W. Greer, Conover, NC (US);
Houching Michael Yang, Conover, NC (US);
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing optical fiber ribbon containing optical fibers having colored layers. The color is provided in a secondary coating composition that is cured prior to application of a matrix material for forming the optical fiber ribbon. The secondary coating composition includes a photoinitiator that is relatively insensitive to oxygen, and the environment to which the secondary coating composition is exposed is limited by removing the boundary layer of air surrounding the secondary coating composition prior to the application of the matrix material thereto.