EXH10-16

                              ASSIGNMENT OF PATENT

         THIS ASSIGNMENT made November  8,1993,  by GREGORY PERRY, of 6888 Vicar
Road, Doraville,  GA 30360,  ("Assignor"),  to FIBERCORE,  INC. ("Assignee"),  a
Nevada  corporation  in the process of  organization  whose  principal  place of
business is 60  Industrial  Park Road West,  Tolland,  Connecticut,  060084,  in
accordance  with an  agreement  executed by the  Assignor  and Dr. Mohd  Aslami,
representing the Assignee,  dated September 15, 1993, attached hereto as Exhibit
A, as the parties thereto may amend said Agreement from time to time.

                                   WITNESSETH

         WHEREAS  letters  patent of the United States  relating to a method for
producing  a single mode fiber  preform  (the  "Invention")  have been issued to
Assignor,  which letters  patent is numbered  4,596,589 and dated June 24, 1986,
and

         WHEREAS the  Assignor is the sole owner of the patent and of all rights
thereunder, the same have never been assigned or licensed to any person, and

         WHEREAS the Assignee desires to acquire the entire interest of Assignor
in the patent,  and in  consideration  thereof will  contemporaneously  herewith
issue common shares of its capital stock; to the Assignor, and

         NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises and the sum of $1.00,
receipt of which is  acknowledged,  and other good and  valuable  consideration,
Assignor  hereby assigns and transfers to Assignee,  its successors and assigns,
all his right, title and interest in the Invention and the letters patent issued
therefor,  and to future improvements thereof, to be held to the full end of the
term for which such letters patent or any reissues, renewals, extensions thereof
are or may be granted, as fully and entirely as the same would have been held by
Gregory Perry had this assignment and sale not been made.


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         Assignor  does hereby  represent  and warrant that Assignor is the sole
owner of the Invention and the letters patent issued  thereof,  that no interest
of any kind  whatsoever in the Invention or the letters patent has been conveyed
to any person,  whether by license,  assignment  or transfer.  Assignor  further
represents  and  warrants  that  neither the  Invention  nor the letters  patent
therefor have been encumbered or in any way granted to, or taken as security by,
any person.

         Assignor  does hereby agree to indemnify  Assignee  against any and all
liability  or  loss  arising  from  or in  connection  with  the  branch  of any
representation or warranty hereunder.

         Assignor  agrees to execute  all  instruments  and to perform  all acts
which may be necessary to carry this assignment into full effect

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor has signed and sealed this instrument.



                                          _________________________________
                                          Gregory Perry


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State of Georgia)
                )
County of Fulton)

         Before  me  personally  appeared  Gregory  Perry and  acknowledged  the
foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed, November , 1993.

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                                          Notary Public - Notary Public
                                          Fulton County, Georgia
                                          My commission expires: May 13, 1995