ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,920, issued on June 30, was assigned to TELESCENT INC. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Automated physical network systems based on robotic control and management of fiber optic interconnects" was invented by Anthony Stephen Kewitsch (Irvine, Calif.) and Bucoveanu Ramiro Voicu (Versoix, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Applications of robotics applied to patch-panels and cross-connects to improve operational processes within data centers and communications networks. Systems and architectures to perform frequent, accurate and low-cost reconfigurations and measurements of the physical network are described, thereby eliminating labor and ti...