ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,432, issued on March 18, was assigned to Prysmian S.p.A. (Milan).
"Apparatus for drying and/or consolidating a preform for optical fibres" was invented by Stefano Grieco (Milan), Valeria Caronna (Milan) and Angelo Mascolo (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for drying and/or consolidating an at least partially porous optical fibre preform."
The patent was filed on May 11, 2023, under Application No. 18/196,200.
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