ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,582, issued on March 25, was assigned to Ningbo Litas Optical Technologies Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).
"Microfabrication method for optical components" was invented by Benjamin B. Jian (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ferrule mold having a reverse-image of a through-hole array for optical fibers is formed. A non-polymeric ferrule material is deposited in the reverse-image mold, followed by removing the mold to create a multi-fiber connector ferrule having at least two fiber through-holes. An optical fiber is inserted in each through-hole until each fiber endface is positioned approximately even with a connection sur...