ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,319, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Easily accessible fiber optic panel assembly" was invented by Charles Poe (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Mathew Berg (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic panel assembly that includes one or more sliding trays disposed therein is provided. The sliding trays may slide out certain selected adaptor modules outward from other non-selected fiber optic modules in a vertical fashion is provided. In one example, the fiber optic panel assembly includes a ceiling, a bottom cover, and two opposing side panels defining an interior opening therein, and a ...