MUMBAI, India, March 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414069285 A) filed by Prysmian S. P. A., Milano, Italy, on Sept. 13, 2024, for 'apparatus for drying and/or consolidating a preform for optical fibres.'

Inventor(s) include Grieco, Stefano; Caronna, Valeria; Mascolo, Angelo; and Pirozzi, Giuditta.

The application for the patent was published on March 28, under issue no. 13/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An apparatus (10) for drying and/or consolidating an at least partially porous optical fibre preform, comprising: a furnace (20) comprising a muffle tube (11) extending along a vertical axis (Z) and forming a muffle chamber configured to house a pref...