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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:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Justin Thompson, Huntersville, NC (US);
Kevin Scott Paschal, Claremont, NC (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
Abstract
A splittable optical-fiber ribbon product that includes at least two sub-unit ribbons each having a plurality of optical fibers encapsulated in a matrix material. The sub-units are disposed adjacent to one another, and are attached to one another by an adhesion matrix material which does not fully encapsulate both of the sub-units.