Patents by Inventor Kevin Y Chou

Kevin Y Chou 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).

  • Secondary coating composition for optical fibers
    Patent number: 6689463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for coating optical fibers that includes a UV curable coating composition. The composition includes at least one component having at least one heterocyclic moiety capable of undergoing ring opening polymerization. The composition may also include at least one acrylate functional end group. The acrylate functional group may be on the same component as the heterocyclic moiety or on a second component. The cured composition has a Young's Modulus of at least about 100 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Y Chou, Michelle D Fabian, Jun Hou, Gregory F Jacobs, David N Schissel, Huan-Hung Sheng
  • Low modulus, high tensile strength optical fiber coating
    Publication number: 20030123839
    Abstract: A coating composition includes at least one oligomer including a polyol soft block having a number average molecular weight of more than about 4000, and at least one reactive monomer. The cured coating composition has a tensile strength of at least about 0.85 MPa and a Young's Modulus of less than about 1.3 MPa. The invention further includes an optical fiber having a primary coating layer with the aforementioned coating composition and a method for coating the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin Y. Chou, Steven R. Givens, David N. Schissel
  • Secondary coating composition for optical fibers
    Publication number: 20030113091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for coating optical fibers that includes a UV curable coating composition. The composition includes at least one component having at least one heterocyclic moiety capable of undergoing ring opening polymerization. The composition may also include at least one acrylate functional end group. The acrylate functional group may be on the same component as the heterocyclic moiety or on a second component. The cured composition has a Young's Modulus of at least about 100 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin Y. Chou, Michelle D. Fabian, Jun Hou, Gregory F. Jocobs, David N. Schissel, Huan-Hung Sheng