ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,590, issued on March 25, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Fiber-optic apparatus" was invented by Christophe Joseph Marie Corbille (Saint Nicolas de Redon, France), Mickael Yann Daniel Gormand (Pontchateau, France) and Michel Teva Menguy (La Chevallerais, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber-optic apparatus is disclosed, comprising a base; an optical splitter portion disposed on the base and configured to retain an optical splitter; a first fiber splicing portion, the first fiber splicing portion disposed on the base and configured to retain a plurality of optical fiber splices connectin...