IP Library Granted Patent US 1,060,249
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US 1,060,249 · App. 29/805,721 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Multifiber connector for making optical connections

Inventors: Michael De Jong (Colleyville, TX); Ashley Wesley Jones (Denton, TX); Gordon Mueller-Schlomka (Berlin, DE); Joel Christopher Rosson (Hickory, NC)
Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 1,060,249
App. No.
29/805,721
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a multifiber connector for making optical connections as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2021
From: DE JONG, MICHAEL; JONES, ASHLEY WESLEY; MUELLER-SCHLOMKA, GORDON; ROSSON, JOEL CHRISTOPHER
To: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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