ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,570, issued on May 13, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Fiber optic connector with rotatable boot" was invented by Danny Willy August Verheyden (Gelrode, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic connector including a connector body and a cable, the cable including optical fibers and a non-circular jacket. The fiber optic connector additionally including a resilient jacket, the resilient jacket is rotatable relative to the non-circular jacket. The resilient jacket is enabled to rotate by an insert which includes an outer profile which engages with an inner profile of the resilient jacket. The in...