ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,081, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Optic multiplexer or demultiplexer" was invented by Roman Bruck (Vienna).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an optical assembly such as a multiplexers/demultiplexers (MDM). One example optical assembly generally includes: a fiber array configured to provide an optical signal with a plurality of wavelengths; optical wavelength filters configured to separate the plurality of wavelengths into respective optical signals; a lens array configured to receive the respective optical signals from the ...