Patents by Inventor Ronald Kimball

Ronald Kimball 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 and method for making such fiber
    Publication number: 20050271347
    Abstract: According to one example of the invention an optical fiber comprises: (i) silica based, rare earth doped core having a first index of refraction n1; (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2; wherein at least one of the core or cladding is doped with Al2O3, such that the ratio of max wt % to min wt % of Al2O3 concentration is less than 2:1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Ronald Kimball, Robert Knowlton, Joseph McCarthy, Ji Wang, Donnell Walton, Luis Zenteno