US Patent Issued to CyberSecure IPS on July 28 for "Transmission line monitoring system testing" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,768, issued on July 28, was assigned to CyberSecure IPS LLC (Prince Frederick, Md.).

"Transmission line monitoring system testing" was invented by Cary R. Murphy (Hickory, N.C.), David E. Vokey (Sidney, Canada) and Mark K. Bridges (Hickory, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, optical fiber monitoring may be facilitated. In some embodiments, monitoring of an optical fiber may be performed via a detection system to detect changes in the optical fiber that are indicative of one or more events. During the monitoring, a monitor signal may be transmitted along the optical fiber via a light source, where the monitor sig...