ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,554, issued on May 13, was assigned to Corning Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Anti-resonant hollow core optical fiber and methods of making" was invented by Richard Michael Fiacco (Corning, N.Y.), Ming-Jun Li (Horseheads, N.Y.), Stephan Lvovich Logunov (Corning, N.Y.), Jeffery Scott Stone (Addison, N.Y.) and Matthew Artus Tuggle (Corning, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-resonant hollow core optical fiber preform that includes an outer cladding, a plurality of structural tubes, and a central support tube. The outer cladding has a length, a central longitudinal axis, and a hollow interior. The plurality of structural tubes are disp...