ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,037, issued on July 8, was assigned to MACLEON LLC (Mobile, Ala.).
"System and method of refining optical fiber" was invented by Edward McKenna (Sebastopol, Calif.) and Gerald Leon Wallace Jr. (Mobile, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include an optical fiber cable comprising a length extending between a first end and a second end, a central cooling tube, a plurality of optical fibers disposed radially around the cooling tube, each optical fiber comprising a fiber core and a cladding disposed around the fiber core, an outer protective cover, and an inner thermal filler disposed between the outer protective cover and the...