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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:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert W. Greer, IV, Conover, NC (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber ribbon including a matrix material and one or more optical fibers disposed therein. The properties of the matrix material have been developed so that the optical fiber ribbon has optimal handling characteristics such as superior heat strip, encapsulation, easy peel and breakout, good fiber geometry and robustness. The optical fiber ribbon achieves optimal handling characteristics by including in the matrix material a polymer having a glass transition temperature of greater than 100° C., an elongation to break of greater than 15% and a rheological behavior wherein the onset of non-Newtonian behavior occurs at a shear rate of greater than 10,rad/sec.