ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,253, issued on July 14, was assigned to Rosenberger-OSI GmbH & Co. OHG (Augsberg, Germany).

"Rail arrangement, carrier arrangement and fiber-optic distribution system" was invented by Luis Ernesto Bruecher (Berlin), Jochen Hart (Schwanfeld, Germany), Danny Heimer (Miesbach, Germany), Sven Schlomka (Munich), Benjamin Weigand (Augsburg, Germany) and Harald Mayr (Amerdingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rail arrangement is useful for mounting a carrier unit for a fiber-optic component to a distribution frame. The rail arrangement has a first mounting rail and a separate second mounting rail which are spaced apart from each o...