ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,685, issued on July 22, was assigned to CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).
"Pluggable patch panel" was invented by Thor Ramsland (Woodbine, Md.), Chris Collins (Ottawa) and Donald Barnetson (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods to correct for a mismatch in network port capabilities of a network component and the desired active network cable or pluggable transceiver capabilities, whether that mismatch relates to the power envelope, the thermal envelope, the bandwidth, or the signal constellation. For example, a pluggable patch panel is provided that may take the form of a modular ...