ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,069, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Optical fiber cable" was invented by Peter J. Johnston (Taylorsville, N.C.), Christopher Mark Quinn (Hickory, N.C.) and David Alan Seddon (Advance, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber cable includes a hollow-core optical fiber. The cable is configured to have a low excess fiber length (EFL) of the hollow-core fiber. The cable is further configured to maintain a high minimum bending radius of the hollow-core fiber to prevent permanent damage to the hollow-core fiber during installation and operation of the cable."
The patent ...