ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,226, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Netafim Ltd. (Givatayim, Israel).
"Fiber optic beam splitter" was invented by Abraham Schweitzer (Kibbutz Hatzerim, Israel), Esteban Socolsky (Kibbutz Hatzerim, Israel) and Bar Israel Gazit (Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic beam splitter includes housing, a single first optical fiber and a pair of second optical fibers which meet and abut the single first optical fiber at inside the housing. An optical communication module includes a light-emitting diode (LED); a photodiode; and two such fiber optic beam splitters. In each beam splitter, a tip of a firs...