ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,670, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Fiber connecting body, optical communication system, optical device, and method for manufacturing fiber connecting body" was invented by Takuya Oda (Chiba, Japan) and Osamu Kikuchi (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber connected body includes: a first multi-core fiber including a first cladding, first cores disposed in the first cladding, and a first marker disposed in the first cladding; and a second multi-core fiber including a second cladding, second cores disposed in the second cladding, and a second marker disposed in the second cladding. One end surf...