The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Applicant:
Mark E Alrutz, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventor:
Mark E Alrutz, Hickory, NC (US);
Assignee:
Commscope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/04 (2006.01); B29C 47/06 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cable for ensuring the authenticity thereof and discouraging the unauthorized counterfeiting of the cable may include a cable core and an opaque outer jacket surrounding the cable core. The jacket may include identifying indicia visible on an inner surface of the opaque outer jacket when opened, but visually obscured from viewing from outside the opaque outer jacket when unopened. The indicia may be integrally molded plastic stripes, for example.