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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Adra Smith Baca, Rochester, NY (US);
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Corning, NY (US);
Timothy Leonard Hunt, Wilmington, NC (US);
Michael Anthony Lockee, Connelly Springs, NC (US);
Eric John Mozdy, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical communication cable is provided. The cable includes a core element located in a cable jacket. The core element includes a buffer tube having an outer surface, an inner surface and a channel defined by the inner surface of the first tube. The core element includes an optical fiber located within the channel of the buffer tube and a color layer formed from a surface-deposited colorant material applied to the outer surface of the buffer tube.