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Optical fiber coating removal tool

Granted 16 Dec 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. · originally Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp.

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Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Ryuichiro Sato, Atsushi Kuwahara, Yuta Ryono · Examiner: Philip S Hyder · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/914,969
filed 24 Oct 2023
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US D1105874
granted 16 Dec 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of an…

FIG. 1 is a front view of an optical fiber coating removal tool of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a rear perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line 9 - 9 of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines show portions of an optical fiber coating removal tool that form no part of the claimed design.

The alternate long and short dash lines are merely the boundary lines between the claimed parts and the non-claimed parts.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/51

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USthis patentUS-D1105874-SS116 Dec 202524 Oct 2023grantedOptical fiber coating removal tool
JPJP-1762909-SS5 Feb 202425 Apr 2023granted光ファイバ被覆除去器ja

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