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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:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Ofs Fitel, Llc, Norcross, GA (US);
Inventors:
William R Holland, Upper Black Eddy, PA (US);
Sean Sullivan, Keansburg, NJ (US);
Assignee:
OFS FITEL, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/036 (2006.01); C03B 37/012 (2006.01); C03C 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/03627 (2013.01); C03B 37/01211 (2013.01); C03B 37/01248 (2013.01); C03C 25/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to optical fibers having glass buffers. As such, some embodiments comprise an optical fiber having a core, a cladding, and a glass buffer. For some embodiments, the glass buffer has an index of refraction that is greater than the index of refraction of the cladding.