Appeal No. 2005-0783
Application No. 10/039,094
claims before us for consideration on appeal are claims 1-10 and
23-30.
The appealed claims relate to a method of forming a grating on
an optical fiber. The method involves the use of two laser
beams which are respectively directed on two circumferentially
displaced localities of the optical fiber.
Claim 1, which is one of two independent claims, is
illustrative of the subject matter encompassed by appellants’
claims:
1. A method of optical fiber manufacture comprising the steps
of:
A) directing a first laser beam on a first locality of an
optical fiber having a circumference and extending along an axis;
B) directing a second laser beam on a second locality of the
optical fiber circumferentially displaced from the first locality,
wherein the second locality is also displaced from the first
locality along the axis of the optical fiber; and
C) forming a grating on the optical fiber.
1(...continued)
first paragraph, and that rejection was withdrawn in the advisory
action.
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