DISTRIBUTION FIBER OPTIC CABLES HAVING AT LEAST ONE ACCESS LOCATION AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Patent 1864170

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EP 1 864 170 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	12.12.2007 Bulletin 2007/50

(21)	Application number: 06736072.7

(22)	Date of filing: 24.02.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G02B 6/44^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2006/006665

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2006/093836 (08.09.2006 Gazette 2006/36)

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

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Priority:

28.02.2005 US 68426
28.02.2005 US 68613
28.02.2005 US 68591
28.02.2005 US 68360

(71)	Applicant: Corning Cable Systems LLC
	Hickory, NC 28603 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GREENWOOD, Jody L. Hickory, NC 286602 (US) LAIL, Keith, H. Connelly Springs, NC 28612 (US) DEAN, David, L., Jr. Hickory, NC 28601 (US) TEMPLE, Kenneth, W., Jr. Newton, NC 28658 (US)

(74)	Representative: Epping - Hermann - Fischer
	Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Ridlerstrasse 55 80339 München 80339 München (DE)

(54)	DISTRIBUTION FIBER OPTIC CABLES HAVING AT LEAST ONE ACCESS LOCATION AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME