ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,044, issued on May 5, was assigned to Clearfield Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Optical fiber routing tool" was invented by John P. Hill (Oak Grove, Minn.) and William J. Cruzen (Monticello, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber routing tool that can protect optical fiber and facilitate routing of the optical fiber during installation. The optical fiber routing tool includes a pen-shaped elongated body that includes a body bore therethrough configured to receive one or more optical fiber. The tool can further include a removable tip for single fiber routing, the removable tip comprises a tip bore having a reduced diameter tip bor...