Patents by Inventor Bob James Overton

Bob James Overton 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).

  • Method for manufacturing optical fiber ribbon
    Patent number: 6321014
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing optical fiber ribbon containing optical fibers having colored layers. The color is provided in a secondary coating composition that is cured prior to application of a matrix material for forming the optical fiber ribbon. The secondary coating composition includes a photoinitiator that is relatively insensitive to oxygen, and the environment to which the secondary coating composition is exposed is limited by removing the boundary layer of air surrounding the secondary coating composition prior to the application of the matrix material thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Bob James Overton, Peter R. Stupak, Michael B. Purvis, Robert W. Greer, Houching Michael Yang