Patents by Inventor Randall Youngman

Randall Youngman 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 fiber coating compositions
    Publication number: 20060115649
    Abstract: The invention includes a composition for an optical fiber coating. An inventive composition includes a non-thiol functional adhesion promoter and less than about 0.5 pph of a strength additive containing a thiol functional group. The invention further includes an optical fiber coated with the inventive composition. A second inventive composition includes a photo-polymerizable composition which contains an adhesion promoter and a non-silicon containing strength additive containing at least about one thiol functional group. A third inventive composition includes a photo-polymerizable composition which has a silane containing adhesion promoter and a strength additive containing at least about one halide functional group. The invention also includes an optical fiber coated with the inventive coating and methods of making an optical fiber including the inventive coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Ching-Kee Chien, Edward Fewkes, Susan Gasper, Anita Hill, Gregory Jacobs, Frederic Wagner, Michael Winningham, Randall Youngman