ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,469, issued on July 28, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Uncoupled-core multicore optical fiber with reduced cross talk" was invented by Pushkar Tandon (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Aramais Robert Zakharian (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An uncoupled-core multicore optical fiber is disclosed, the fiber including at least two core portions, each core portion including a core and a depressed-index cladding. The core having a radius r1 and a relative refractive index triangle1. The depressed-index cladding having a radius r2 and a relative refractive index triangle2, the depressed-index cladding surrounding ...