ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,522, issued on April 29, was assigned to CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Binder film for a fiber optic cable" was invented by Bradley Jerome Blazer (Granite Falls, N.C.), Rodney Maurice Burns (Conover, N.C.), James Garrett Dewell (Union Grove, N.C.), Julian Latelle Greenwood III (Greensboro, N.C.), Keith Aaron Greer (Morganton, N.C.) and Warren Welborn McAlpine (Hickory, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic cable includes a cable core of core elements and a protective sheath surrounding the core elements, an armor surrounding the cable core, the armor comprising a single overlap portion when the fib...