ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,526, issued on Dec. 16.

"Fiber organizer" was invented by Walter Mark Hendrix (Dallas) and Morgan Dunn (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method organizes fibers. A plurality of fibers is received into a first assembly. An initial sequence of the plurality of fibers in the first assembly is obtained. A set of key combinations is identified from the initial sequence and a predetermined sequence. A second assembly is slid across the first assembly. The set of key combinations is actuated to move the plurality of fibers from the first assembly to the second assembly and order the plurality of fibers in the second assembly in the p...