ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,640, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA (Kessel-Lo, Belgium).

"Optical fiber distribution system" was invented by Johan Geens (Bunsbeek, Belgium), Kristof Vastmans (Boutersen, Belgium), Eric Marcel M. Keustermans (Houwaart, Belgium), Pieter Vermeulen (Westerlo, Belgium), Bart Vos (Geel, Belgium), Dirk Jozef G. Van De Weyer (Beringen, Belgium), Lukas Desmond Elias Van Campenhout (Kessel-Lo, Belgium), Yves Peeters (Langdorp, Belgium) and Matthias Cyriel George Corneel Alderweireldt (Kortssem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber distribution system including a rack and elements w...