ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,255, issued on July 14, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Ribbon print scheme utilizing color pointers" was invented by David Wesley Chiasson (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers. Each optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers is arranged adjacently to at least one other optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers. The plurality of optical fibers have a planar configuration with a first side and a second side. The optical fiber ribbon also include...