ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,904, issued on March 3, was assigned to Ciena Corp. (Hanover, Md.).
"Fiber optic cable fault locating apparatus" was invented by Choudhury A. Al Sayeed (Stittsville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for testing fiber optic cables are provided. A fiber optic cable testing apparatus, according to one implementation, includes a dedicated testing waveguide arranged within a first photonic device deployed in a data center having a plurality of photonic devices. The fiber optic cable testing apparatus further includes an external port arranged on the first photonic device, where the external port is connected to th...