US Patent Issued to Fujikura on June 30 for "Optical fiber cable" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,666, issued on June 30, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Optical fiber cable" was invented by Miku Miyata (Sakura, Japan) and Akira Murata (Sakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber cable includes: optical fibers each including a glass portion including a core and a cladding surrounding the core, a primary covering layer covering the cladding, and a secondary covering layer covering the primary covering layer; and a sheath accommodating the optical fibers in an internal space. A value of a micro-bend loss characteristic factor FMuBL_GO is 5.2x1023 or less when represented byFMuBL_GO=FMuBL_GxFMuBL_OxDc."

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