US Patent Issued to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT on Feb. 25 for "Flame retardant fiber optic cable with halogen free sheath for blowing applications" (Colombian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,499, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Flame retardant fiber optic cable with halogen free sheath for blowing applications" was invented by Michael Alexander Heinz (Berlin) and Ravinder Kumar Kinnera (Bogota, Colombia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a subunit having a first interior surface and a first exterior surface. The first interior surface defines a central bore along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable. At least one optical fiber is disposed within the central bore ...