ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,689, issued on March 18.

"Removable multimedia plug for AOC active optical cable" was invented by Luca Zanetti (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a user friendly removable AOC over fiber connection system that simplifies consumer installation and maintenance for optical transmission of high-speed uncompressed video and data over long distances, including a removable optical transmitter and a removable optical receiver. The optical transmitter including a transmitting circuitry configured to receive electrical or optical signals from a source device; at least one laser configured into ...