ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,039, issued on April 8, was assigned to Domaille Engineering LLC (Rochester, Minn.).

"Optical fiber polisher with controlled platen stopping position" was invented by John P. Hagen (Plainview, Minn.), Dennis J. Anderson (Zumbro Falls, Minn.), Gregory A. Schumacher (Plainview, Minn.), Jill B. Christie (St. Charles, Minn.), Paul Fishbaugher (Rochester, Minn.) and Timothy E. Kanne (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber polisher includes a polishing mechanism, a platen, and a memory for storing operational parameters entered by a user. The optical fiber polisher includes a processor to control a stopping positi...