ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,766, issued on May 20, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Reusable reel holder and bag with reusable reel holder" was invented by Brian Honsinger (Warners, N.Y.), Noah P. Montena (Syracuse, N.Y.) and Peter A. Carapella (Fayetteville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel holder includes a first reel holder member including a first frame member and a first ring member a second reel holder member including a second frame member and a second ring member. The first ring member is configured to be coupled with the first frame member such that the first ring member is configured to be rotatable relative to the ...