GRADED INDEX POLYMER OPTICAL FIBER AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Patent 1472080

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EP 1 472 080 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	03.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/45

(21)	Application number: 02806247.9

(22)	Date of filing: 27.12.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B32B 9/00, G02B 6/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/041595

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/057473 (17.07.2003 Gazette 2003/29)

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

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Priority:

31.12.2001 US 38964
31.12.2001 US 39046

(71)	Applicant: General Components Inc.
	Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ZHEN, Zhen 100085 Beijing (CN) LIU, Xinhou 100101 Beijing (CN)

(74)	Representative: Stevens, Peter David
	Harrison Goddard Foote,40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JA London WC2A 1JA (GB)

(54)	GRADED INDEX POLYMER OPTICAL FIBER AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME