ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,858, issued on April 15, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, N.C.).

"Fiber optic circuit and preparation method" was invented by Thomas Marcouiller (Shakopee, Minn.), Paula Lockhart (New Prague, Minn.), Wouter Vranken (Nieuwrode, Belgium), Koen Vuerinckx (Holsbeek, Belgium) and Laurens Izaak Van Wuijckhuijse (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein t...