ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,194, issued on March 11, was assigned to HAMPIDJAN HF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"High strength data transmission cable" was invented by Hjortur Erlendsson (Kopavogur, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a non-steel high strength data transmission cable having a strength member (5) and a core (1). The high strength data transmission cable includes a length of a core-cable (10), the length of core-cable (10) includes core (1) plus at least one fiber-optic conductor (2) that is: (i) disposed in a helical shape; and (ii) completely encased in a solid, flexible material. Also disclosed is a process for making a high strength ...