METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOATING A FIBER OPTIC SPLICE - Patent 1224494

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EP 1 224 494 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	24.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/30

(21)	Application number: 00975234.6

(22)	Date of filing: 11.10.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G02B 6/38

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0028/058

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0127/673 (19.04.2001 Gazette 2001/16)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

14.10.1999 US 417563

(71)	Applicant: CiDra Corporation
	Wallingford, CT 06492 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	DEMAILLE VON SCHMIDT, Robert, H. New Haven, CT 06515 (US) CHIPMAN, Christopher Scotland, CT 06515 (US) DUNPHY, James, R. South Glastonbury, CT 06073 (US) NORTON, Douglas, A. Windsor, CT 06095 (US)

(74)	Representative: Talbot-Ponsonby, Daniel et al
	Marks & Clerk4220 Nash CourtOxford Business Park South Oxford OX4 2RU Oxford OX4 2RU (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOATING A FIBER OPTIC SPLICE