US Patent Issued to EXFO on Oct. 14 for "Duplex optical power loss measurement using an adaptor device" (Canadian, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,719, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to EXFO Inc. (Quebec, Canada).

"Duplex optical power loss measurement using an adaptor device" was invented by Michel Leclerc (Quebec, Canada) and Nicholas Cole (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a solution for measuring the optical power loss of duplex optical-fiber devices under test, and particularly those terminated with a duplex connector interface, which allows for a one-cord testing method whichever the format of the duplex connector interface of the optical-fiber device under test, without disconnecting the optical fibers of the device under tes...