Patent ID: 6085010
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: C08G,G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
An optical glass fiber ribbon assembly having the functional capability of providing mid-span access to individual coated optical glass fibers, said ribbon assembly comprising:a plurality of coated optical glass fibers; anda matrix material which binds said plurality of coated optical glass fibers together, wherein at least one of said coated optical glass fibers contains an ink coating or colored outer primary coating formulated from a radiation-curable composition comprising:an adhesion adjusting oligomer having at least one radiation-curable functional group bound to a low surface energy backbone and being substantially free-of silicone and fluorine, said adhesion adjusting oligomer being present in an amount which reduces the surface energy of said ink coating or said colored outer primary coating to a level that provides less adhesion between said ink coating or said colored outer primary coating and said matrix material than between said ink coating or said colored primary coating and a coating on said optical glass fiber adjacent to said ink coating or said colored outer primary coating.