ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,036, issued on June 2, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Cable coverings for local convergence points and fiber optic enclosures" was invented by William Julius McPhil Giraud (Azle, Texas), Karyne Poissant Prevratil (Fort Worth, Texas) and Diana Rodriguez (Mansfield, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, the present disclosure relates to a cable covering for use on distribution cabinets and the corresponding methods of using and assembling the cable covering onto the distribution cabinets."

The patent was filed on Sept. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/242,581.

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