ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,224, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND FIBER LTD. (Woodbridge, Great Britain).

"Window cutting tool for multi-fiber cable" was invented by Harvey Etheridge (Norfolk, Great Britain) and Shaun Trezise (Aldeburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window cutting tool includes a first body, a second body configured to be pivotally coupled with the first body between an open configuration and a closed configuration, and a blade carriage configured to carry a blade and to be slidingly coupled with at least one of the first body and the second body. At least one of the first body and the second body is configured t...