US Patent Issued to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES on Aug. 26 for "Multiple fiber connectivity based on 2-photon, 3D printed, tapered fiber tips" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,324, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Multiple fiber connectivity based on 2-photon, 3D printed, tapered fiber tips" was invented by Jan Watte (Grimbergen, Belgium), Vivek Panapakkam Venkatesan (Leuven, Belgium), Saurav Kumar (Ghent, Belgium), Koen Vanmol (Vilvoorde, Belgium), Jurgen Albert Jan Van Erps (Tervuren, Belgium) and Hugo Thienpont (Gooik, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical guiding elements are 3D printed on the ends of optical fibers. A multifiber connector includes fibers having 3D printed elements that are flush with the end face of the connector. The printed 3D ...