ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,589, issued on March 25, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND FIBER LTD. (Woodbridge, Great Britain).

"Enclosure box for fiber optic cable" was invented by Kim Leeson (Ipswich, Great Britain), Shaun Trezise (Aldeburgh, Great Britain) and Harvey Etheridge (Norfolk, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enclosure box assembly for fiber optic cable includes an enclosure box, a backplate, a preterminated fiber optic drop cable preinstalled with the enclosure box, and a fiber optic adapter preinstalled with the enclosure box and optically connected with the fiber optic drop cable. The backplate includes a plurality of latches that are...