US Patent Issued to HERAEUS QUARTZ NORTH AMERICA, HERAEUS QUARZGLAS on Sept. 15 for "Process of making multi-core fiber preform by integrating core rods and cladding cylinder" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,344, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to HERAEUS QUARTZ NORTH AMERICA LLC (Buford, Ga.) and HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & Co. KG (Hanau, Germany).

"Process of making multi-core fiber preform by integrating core rods and cladding cylinder" was invented by Qiulin Ma (Buford, Ga.), Kai Huei Chang (Buford, Ga.), Kay Schuster (Hanau, Germany) and Michael Lorenz (Hanau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for manufacturing an MCF preform having a center longitudinal axis, a plurality of core rods each positioned in a respective core hole and extending along the axis, and a common cladding covering each of the plurality of core rod...