ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,202, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Optical fiber-based sensing membrane" was invented by Jeffery Stephen Graves (Oxford Station, Canada), Vincent Lecoeuche (Tarentaise, France) and Andre Champavere (Saint-Bonnet les Oules, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber-based sensing membrane includes at least one optical fiber, and a substrate. The at least one optical fiber is integrated in the substrate. The substrate includes a thickness and a material property that are specified to ascertain, via the at least one optical fiber and for a device that is contiguously engaged with...