ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,886, issued on April 14, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Panel system with managed connectivity" was invented by Ryan Edward Enge (Carrollton, Texas), Paula Lockhart (New Prague, Minn.), Scott Martin Keith (Plano, Texas), David Jan Irma Van Baelen (Winksele, Belgium), Jacob C. Anderson (Chanhassen, Minn.), Steven Walter Knoernschild (Allen, Texas), Brian J. Fitzpatrick (McKinney, Texas), Pedro Maldonado (Dallas), Gary Federico Gibbs (Wylie, Texas), James J. Solheid (Minneapolis), Matthew J. Holmberg (Le Center, Minn.) and Matthew Robert Kiener (McKinney, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel syste...