ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,267,110, issued on April 1, was assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Systems and methods for performing tests and measurements using an optical transceiver" was invented by Guylain Barlow (Gatineau, Canada), Joseph Vogliano (Fairfield, Calif.) and Herman Chen (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing tests and measurements using a transceiver is disclosed. In some examples, the method may involve using, at least one test instrument and at least one transceiver, to perform tests and measurements at a testing point in a network. The tests and measurements may include at least one of: (1) channel ...