ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,592, issued on March 25, was assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Cable troughs for managing fiber optic cables" was invented by Scott Jean Anderson (Burnsville, Minn.) and Wade P. Reitmeier (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to a cable management system including a trough member, at least one intermediary divider, and at least one connecting mechanism. The trough member includes a base having a plurality of holes extending through a top surface and a bottom surface, and a first sidewall and a second sidewall extending from the base. The intermediary divide...