ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,326, issued on May 12, was assigned to Go!Foton Holdings Inc. (Somerset, N.J.).

"Intelligent optical switch" was invented by Kenichiro Takeuchi (North Brunswick, N.J.), David Zhi Chen (Dallas) and Haiguang Lu (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical assembly includes a connector assembly, a plurality of port assemblies, and a frame assembly. The connector assembly includes an optical fiber connector. The plurality of port assemblies is fixed in position relative to each other. The frame assembly includes a frame directly attached to the connector assembly or directly attached to the plurality of port assemblies. Th...