ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,843, issued on April 15, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Fiber optic connectors and fiber optic connection systems" was invented by Yu Lu (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Ryan Kostecka (Waconia, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system for making or assembling fiber optic connectors that allows a pre-terminated fiber optic cable to be made compatible with any number of different styles or types of fiber optic connectors or fiber optic adapters. A connector core of the system can be used as a stand-alone connector with a small form-factor adapter."

The patent was filed on Au...