US Patent Issued to LS CABLE & SYSTEM on Aug. 18 for "Optical fiber ribbon" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,612, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Optical fiber ribbon" was invented by Tae Gyoung Kim (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Young Chang Cho (Anyang-si, South Korea), Young Ho Jun (Gangnam-gu, South Korea) and Man Su Lee (Chilgok-gun, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber ribbon that provides a high-capacity communication network, is capable of being rolled in a width direction so as to efficiently use a space in a conduit, minimizes separation between ribbons constituting the optical fiber ribbon or damage to optical fibers during a ro...