US Patent Issued to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT on Aug. 25 for "Lens fabrication of optical fibers with laser exposure" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,084, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Lens fabrication of optical fibers with laser exposure" was invented by Ming-Jun Li (Horseheads, N.Y.), Ying Liu (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Lei Yuan (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a lensed optical fiber having a lens applied onto an end face of an optical fiber by laser beam processing. The lens having a radius of curvature that is greater than the diameter of the optical fiber. The lens is applied onto the end face of the optical fiber by laser beam processing in which a laser beam is app...