US Patent Issued to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung der Wissenschaften on March 4 for "Hollow-core fibre and method of manufacturing thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,105, issued on March 4, was assigned to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (Munich).

"Hollow-core fibre and method of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Philip Russell (Roettenbach, Germany), Patrick Uebel (Marloffstein, Germany) and Michael Henoch Frosz (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow-core anti-resonant-reflecting fibre (HC-AF) includes a hollow-core region, an inner cladding region, and an outer cladding region. The hollow-core region axially extends along the HC-AF. The inner cladding region includes a plurality of anti-resonant elements (AREs) and surrounds the hollow-core...