US Patent Issued to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT on July 8 for "Optical cable with SZ stranded routable fiber carrying subunits" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,042, issued on July 8, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Optical cable with SZ stranded routable fiber carrying subunits" was invented by Bradley Jerome Blazer (Granite Falls, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber cable that includes subunits is provided. Optical fiber cables are used to transmit data over distance. The subunits are twisted and stranded within the cable to reduce degradation of stranding during use of the cable. The subunits of one or more optical fiber cables are arranged in complimentary configurations that counteract their varying asymmetrical forces to provide an...