ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,563, issued on July 22, was assigned to Prysmian S.p.A. (Milan).

"Cable reel" was invented by Nathan Paddick (Milan) and Kris Roberts (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a cable reel comprising: a tubular main body extending along a longitudinal axis (L), comprising a plurality of tubular sections successively arranged side by side along the longitudinal axis (L) and releasably interconnected one to another; a first flange positioned at a first end of the main body, releasably connected to a first tubular section of the plurality of tubular sections; a second flange positioned at a second end of th...