ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,856, issued on April 15, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, N.C.).

"Splice enclosure with connectorized patching functionality" was invented by Johan Geens (Bunsbeek, Belgium), Philippe Coenegracht (Hasselt, Belgium), Samory De Zitter (Mechelen, Belgium) and Roel Modest Willy Bryon (Aarschot, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates a telecommunication enclosure having a compact configuration. In one example, the telecommunication enclosure supports both optical splicing and connectorized patching."

The patent was filed on May 6, 2021, under Application No. 17/923,354.

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