ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,324, issued on July 15, was assigned to OPTERNA AM INC. (Sterling, Va.).

"Fiber distribution assemblies" was invented by Subin Panakkal Sadasivan (Kochi, India), Derek Furtado (Kochi, India), Icy Kollielil Varghese (Kochi, India) and Ravindra K. Vora (Freehold, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber distribution assembly includes an enclosure defining an interior cavity. The enclosure includes a base defining a first opening and a second opening, and a cover rotatably coupled to the base and configured to rotate about an axis. The base is symmetric about a line perpendicular to the axis. The first opening is on one side of the l...