US Patent Issued to EFI LIGHTING on July 15 for "Method for preparing optical fibers with lateral light emission and installation for implementing same" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,304, issued on July 15, was assigned to EFI LIGHTING (Miribel, France).

"Method for preparing optical fibers with lateral light emission and installation for implementing same" was invented by Jacques Noulette (Frontonas, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object of the invention relates to a method for preparing optical fibers (1) each composed of a core (2) surrounded by a sheath (3), in order to create optical fibers with lateral light emission, the method being such that: the translational travel of optical fibers (1) is ensured in front of a station for emitting a laser beam (F), the laser beam (F) directed towards the op...