Patents by Inventor Michael L. Sorensen

Michael L. Sorensen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optical waveguide thermoplastic elastomer coating
    Patent number: 6810187
    Abstract: A coated optical fiber and a curable coating composition for coating an optical fiber, includes a block copolymer comprising at least one hard block and at least one soft block, wherein said hard block has a Tg greater than the Tg of the soft block. The coating may further include at least one reactive monomer. A method for making a coated optical fiber, includes providing an optical fiber; coating the optical fiber with a polymerizable composition including a block copolymer comprising at least one hard block and at least one soft block, wherein said hard block has a Tg greater than the Tg of the soft block. The coating may further include at least one reactive monomer. The method further includes polymerizing the composition under conditions effective to form a coating over the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michelle D. Fabian, Edward J. Fewkes, Gregory F. Jacobs, Frederic C. Wagner, Inna I. Kouzmina, Michael L. Sorensen
  • Optical waveguide thermoplastic elastomer coating
    Publication number: 20030053782
    Abstract: A curable coating composition for coating an optical fiber, includes a block copolymer comprising at least one hard block and at least one soft block, wherein said hard block has a Tg greater than the Tg of the soft block. The coating further includes at least one reactive monomer. A coated optical fiber includes an optical fiber having at least one coating layer thereon having a first component which includes a block copolymer comprising at least one hard block and at least one soft block, wherein said hard block has a Tg greater than the Tg of the soft block. The coating further includes at least one reactive monomer. A method for making a coated optical fiber, includes providing an optical fiber; coating the optical fiber with a polymerizable composition including a block copolymer comprising at least one hard block and at least one soft block, wherein said hard block has a Tg greater than the Tg of the soft block. The coating further includes at least one reactive monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Michelle D. Fabian, Edward J. Fewkes, Gregory F. Jacobs, Frederic C. Wagner, Inna I. Kouzmina, Michael L. Sorensen