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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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henrikus Lambertus Maria Jensen, Bergeijk, NL;
Marinus Jacob de Fouw, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Draka Fibre Technology B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G 3/00 ; G02B 6/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G 3/00 ; G02B 6/18 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a rod-shaped preform for manufacturing an optical fiber therefrom, as well as to a method for manufacturing such a rod-shaped preform. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for manufacturing an optical fiber, wherein one end of a rod-shaped preform is subjected to a heat treatment, after which the thus softened end of the rod-shaped preform is subjected to a pulling force for the purpose of drawing an optical fiber therefrom.