ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,797, issued on April 21, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Multicore optical fiber with low group delay" was invented by Ming-Jun Li (Horseheads, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multicore optical fiber is provided including a first core region having a first refractive index profile, a second core region having a second refractive index profile, wherein the first core region is separated from the second core region by a separation distance in a range of 20-50 micro metre, and an outer cladding surrounding the first and second core regions, wherein the first core region exhibits a first effective index and a first ...