ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. RE50,900, issued on May 26, was assigned to Senko Advanced Components Inc. (Hudson, Mass.).

"Fiber optic connector with cable boot release" was invented by Man Ming Ho (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Kazuyoshi Takano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Connector assemblies are described herein. For example, a connector assembly including: a housing configured to accept a first ferrule and a second ferrule. The connector assembly may also have a push/pull clip that is configured to depress a protrusion that rotates down a connector device to remove the connector assembly from an adapter. The push/pull clip is integrated with a cable boot assembly ...