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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
David M. Chase, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Kenneth Dake, South Elgin, IL (US);
Kelly A. Hawkinson, Aurora, IL (US);
Jack Kelly, Woodridge, IL (US);
Edward J. Murphy, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
David M. Chase, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Kenneth Dake, South Elgin, IL (US);
Kelly A. Hawkinson, Aurora, IL (US);
Jack Kelly, Woodridge, IL (US);
Edward J. Murphy, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
DSM IP Assets, B.V., Heerlen, NL;
Abstract
An optical fiber comprising a flame retardant UV light-curable tight-buffer coating coated onto the fiber, wherein said tight-buffer coating is substantially halogen-free, and has a limiting oxygen index of at least about 22%, and wherein said tight-buffer coating is removable from said fiber with a strip-force of less than about 1800 grams when the fiber is upjacketed with said coating at a line speed of at least 300 m/min.