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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Kevin Y Chou, Painted Post, NY (US);
Michelle D Fabian, Horseheads, NY (US);
Jun Hou, Painted Post, NY (US);
Gregory F Jacobs, Elmira, NY (US);
David N Schissel, Painted Post, NY (US);
Huan-Hung Sheng, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition for coating optical fibers that includes a UV curable coating composition. The composition includes at least one component having at least one heterocyclic moiety capable of undergoing ring opening polymerization. The composition may also include at least one acrylate functional end group. The acrylate functional group may be on the same component as the heterocyclic moiety or on a second component. The cured composition has a Young's Modulus of at least about 100 MPa.