ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,567, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Neptec OS Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Fiber rotator system for scalable and automated alignment of multiple polarization maintaining fibers" was invented by Amartya Bhattacharyya (Milpitas, Calif.) and Miao Qi (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber rotator system includes a clamp assembly and a fiber rotator assembly for aligning multiple optical fibers. The clamp assembly has a base with fiber channels, fiber clamps, and a guide assembly. The fiber rotator assembly includes a linear actuator and wheel clamps, each aligning with a fiber base channel. Each fiber clamp includes a j...