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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:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Applicants:
George Edward Berkey, Pine City, NY (US);
Valery a Kozlov, Painted Post, NY (US);
Inventors:
George Edward Berkey, Pine City, NY (US);
Valery A Kozlov, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to some embodiments, the optical fiber comprises: (i) a core having a first index of refraction n; (ii) a cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n, such that n>n, wherein cladding has at two sets of stress rods extending longitudinally through the length of the optical fiber, wherein the two sets of stress rods have CTE coefficients and/or softening points different from one another and different from that of cladding.