ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,601, issued on June 23, was assigned to PPC BROADBAND INC. (East Syracuse, N.Y.).

"Module system for slack cable storage" was invented by Michael Langman (East Syracuse, N.Y.), Peter Carapella (Fayetteville, N.Y.) and Gerald Joseph Meier (Olathe, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable storage container may include a base portion having a cavity and a base opening portion, a cover portion that may be configured to be attached to the base portion so as to cover the base opening portion, and a module portion that may be configured to be removed from and replaced in the base portion. The module portion may include a plurality of cab...