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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:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Abdelouahed Soufiane, Boston, MA (US);
William B. Beck, Westborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Abdelouahed Soufiane, Boston, MA (US);
William B. Beck, Westborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verrillon, Inc., North Grafton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical fiber includes a substantially transparent core that carries a light signal, a substantially transparent cladding surrounding the core, and within the cladding and distinct from the core, at least one visualization member facilitating visualization of one or more elements of the fiber structure.