US Patent Issued to OneSubsea IP UK on Sept. 15 for "Apparatus and methods for monitoring optical fiber system integrity" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,438, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to OneSubsea IP UK Ltd. (London).

"Apparatus and methods for monitoring optical fiber system integrity" was invented by Robert Large (Houston), Mahesh Shenoy (Houston), Ronald James Spencer (Houston) and Jonathan Yarnold (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitor for optical fibers includes a housing configured for use in a subsea environment, a light source, an optical sensor, and a controller coupled to the light source and to the optical sensor. In some embodiments, the monitor further includes a power source. In some embodiments, the monitor further includes a transceiver. In some emb...