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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. 02, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2004
Applicant:
Yin S. Tang, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Yin S. Tang, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/10 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); C03B 37/00 (2006.01); C03B 37/023 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method provided for manufacturing a lensed tip optical fiber. The method includes providing an optically transparent cylindrical fiber; and etching a first end of the optically transparent cylindrical fiber to form a tip. The tip is heated which forms a lens surface at the heated tip.