ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,925, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RF LLC (Glendale, Ariz.).

"Coaxial blindmate connectors and methods for using the same" was invented by Donald Andrew Burris (Peoria, Ariz.), Thomas Edmond Flaherty IV (Surprise, Ariz.) and David Jeffrey Malouf (Surprise, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coaxial connector includes an outer conductor portion including a polymer shell, the polymer shell defining an inner bore extending from a first open end to a second open end opposite the first open end, and a conductive layer positioned on the inner bore of the polymer shell, an outer surface of the polymer...