Appeal No. 1996-2256
Application No. 08/104,866
The subject matter on appeal relates to a process for
attaching an optical fiber to a glass integrated optical
component as well as to the article resulting from this
process. The process comprises the steps of machining the
component, subjecting the resulting machine surface to attack
by an acid solution, treating the surface with a silane
adhesion promoter and gluing an optical fiber to the treated
surface. This appealed subject matter is adequately
illustrated by independent claim 14 which reads as follows:
14. A process for attaching an optical fiber to a glass
integrated optical component comprising the steps of
machining a region of said component to expose a machined
glass surface,
subjecting said machined surface to attack by an acid
solution,
treating said surface with a silane adhesion promoter, and
gluing an optical fiber to the treated surface.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Hartlein 3,702,783 Nov. 14,
1972
Deneka et al. (Deneka) 4,767,430 Aug. 30,
1988
Bilkadi et al. (Bilkadi) 5,307,438 Apr.
26, 1994
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