ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,599, issued on June 23, was assigned to II-VI DELAWARE INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Dual duplex belly-to-belly little connector (BBLC) based optical connectors" was invented by Long Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for dual duplex Belly-to-Belly Little Connector (BBLC) based optical connectors."

The patent was filed on Feb. 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/109,498.

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