ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,349, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to PRYSMIAN S.p.A. (Milan).

"Fiber routing insert and optical junction or distribution box" was invented by Nathan Paddick (Milan) and Simon James Frampton (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber routing insert for an optical junction or distribution box, having: a first floor; first guide elements extending, along a spacing direction transversal to the first floor, from the first floor to first ceiling portions, the first guide elements defining a first path on the first floor configured to receive optical fibers, the first path defining a figure-eight fiber locking path; a second floor arran...