Patents by Inventor Lisa N. Lemon

Lisa N. Lemon 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).

  • Centerline protection using heavy inert gases
    Patent number: 6266980
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of minimizing re-wetting of a preform upon removal of the preform from the consolidation furnace and producing core cane and/or optical fiber therefrom. During removal, the consolidated preform and, in particular, the centerline aperture is exposed to a heavy inert gas, such as Argon, Krypton or Xenon. This reduces the amount of re-wetting thereby concomitantly improving attenuation of the optical fiber produced therefrom. This method produces beneficial attenuation reductions in the 1383 nm wavelength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Lisa N. Lemon, Stephen T. Wiggs