ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,386, issued on May 27, was assigned to Apriori Network Systems LLC (Bedminster, N.J.).

"Secured fiber link system" was invented by Gary M. Weiner (Bedminster, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber link system and method for masking signals on a fiber link system. The system includes sending a desired sequence of information in the form of a true optical signal that is typically intended to be transferred between legitimate users at both ends of a link over a center core of a the spatially multiplexing optical fiber that is a multicore fiber. Optical chaff signals, or subterfuge signals, are sent alongside the true signal in at ...