ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,265, issued on July 28, was assigned to ELBIT SYSTEMS ELECTRO-OPTICS ELOP LTD (Rehovot, Israel).

"Apparatus, system and method for compact active fiber packaging of a fiber laser" was invented by Asaf Turm (Rehovot, Israel), Anna Kremen (Rehovot, Israel) and Yogev Marom (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments pertain to a compact fiber packaging apparatus configured to guide an active fiber as part of a high power fiber laser. The apparatus may comprise a base having a front side and a back side. The front side may comprise a front spiral groove of varying radii increasingly extending from an innermost front loop ...