ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,965, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Fiber optic enclosures and corresponding systems with optional splitter ratio outputs" was invented by Kristine Alaina Johnson (Keller, Texas) and Mitchell Harold Stewart (Lincolnton, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, assemblies, and methods for selectively defining optical fiber splitter ratio outputs within an enclosure are provided. The system includes an enclosure comprising a feeder cable with a plurality of main optical fibers that are each connected to either an adapter port or to a splitter that is then connected to split...