ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,090, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical fiber cable" was invented by Fumiaki Sato (Osaka, Japan), Satoshi Ohnuki (Osaka, Japan) and Kenichiro Otsuka (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber cable includes a cable main body including 3000 or more optical fibers, a sheath material receiving therein the optical fibers, and a multi-fiber connector connected to ends of the optical fibers, in which the sheath material includes 0.2% or more by mass and 1.5% or less by mass of silicone."

The patent was filed on March 31, 2022, under Application No. 18/547,363. ...