ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,594, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC (Horsham, Pa.).
"OLTs interoperable with different ONTs" was invented by Shawn W. Warner (Pepperell, Mass.), Bruce C. Pratt (Bedford, N.H.) and David Bowler (Stow, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system with OLTs having a meshed interconnection."
The patent was filed on May 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/202,669.
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