IP Library › Granted Patent US 1,092,479
Granted Patent S1
US 1,092,479 · App. 29/833,172 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Double stack multiport for making optical connections

Inventors: Edward Wilson Licitra (Decatur, GA); Matthew Wallace Peterson (San Francisco, CA); Joel Christopher Rosson (Hickory, NC); Jonathan Patrick Summers (Atlanta, GA); Dayne Wilcox (El Cerrito, CA)
Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 1,092,479
App. No.
29/833,172
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a double stack multiport for making optical connections as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2022
From: LUCITRA, EDWARD WILSON; PETERSON, MATTHEW WALLACE; ROSSON, JOEL CHRISTOPHER; SUMMERS, JONATHAN PATRICK; WILCOX, DAYNE
To: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059665/0837 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 29664750 · Sep 27, 2018
Continuation 29642334 · Mar 29, 2018
Continuation 29642339 · Mar 29, 2018
References Cited (164)
US D275101S · Read · 1984 [cited by applicant]
US D362855S · Bevilacqua et al. · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US D364346S · Yamada · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US D391481S · Oxley · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US D394864S · Brandt · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US D425021S · Ko · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US D482693S · Nishio et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US D486824S · Chung · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US D487086S · Chung · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US D490403S · Wu et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US D549663S · Tsou et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US D559848S · Siu · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US D598856S · Stromiedel et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US D598857S · Stromiedel et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US D604725S · Chen · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7614887B1 · Yi et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7653282B2 · Blackwell, Jr. et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US D612810S · Bender · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US D613693S · Bender · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US D623969S · Neitzel et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US D628201S · Tian et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 8059932B2 · Hill · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US D673564S · Milliff · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US D674344S · Bies · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US D675106S · Powers et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US D676391S · Gassauer · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US D678286S · Cheng · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US D711884S · Turksu et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8801297B2 · McColloch · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US D716304S · Orthey · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US D724079S · Probst et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US D732041S · Conn et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US D739822S · Severing · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US D740828S · Bucsa · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US D750023S · Sasano · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US D753596S · Bies · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US D753598S · Bies · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US D756302S · Chen et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9354397B2 · Bylander et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US D769246S · Mielnik et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US D785632S · Vanduyn et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D788112S · Liao · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D791138S · Eliyahu · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D791774S · Wilcox et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D794028S · Lin · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D794478S · Read et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D795079S · Wilcox et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D796514S · Xu · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D797747S · Xu · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D802415S · Wilcox et al. · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D808915S · Wang · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D810693S · Rao et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 9899752B2 · Wu et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D813874S · Magi et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D815642S · Wilcox et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D818952S · Wilcox et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D818953S · Xu · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D824335S · Wilcox et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D824337S · Wilcox et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D825475S · Henley et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D825540S · Wilcox et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D828814S · Senofsky et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D835049S · Wilcox et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D835050S · Wilcox et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D835086S · Wilcox et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D837216S · Bagley et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D837788S · Bagley et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D837789S · Woody · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D839210S · Wilcox · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D841583S · Spiegel · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D842815S · Senofsky et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D848369S · Stolze · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D853334S · Mastel · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D856327S · Huang · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 10379298B2 · Dannoux et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D859189S · Mendoza et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D862394S · Hernandez et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US D872012S · Rao · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US D878370S · Bagley et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US D878371S · Bagley et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US D878372S · Bagley et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10585256B1 · Henley · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US D881132S · Bagley et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10641967B1 · Cote et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US D888060S · Cote et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US D893432S · Murphy et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10768382B2 · Cote · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 10809480B1 · Cox et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US D902189S · Yang · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US D902190S · Yang · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US D909976S · Bonner et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US D913246S · Rosson · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US D919607S · Chen · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US D935417S · Cote · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US D940662S · Meyer et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US D941295S · Bagley · 2022 [cited by examiner]
US D941296S · Bagley · 2022 [cited by examiner]
US D941821S · Bagley · 2022 [cited by examiner]
US D951954S · Licitra et al. · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US D975023S · Rosson · 2023 [cited by examiner]
US D1006015S · Jun · 2023 [cited by examiner]
US 11886010B2 · Butler · 2024 [cited by examiner]
US D1021402S · Huang · 2024 [cited by examiner]
US 20110250803A1 · Bies · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20120328258A1 · Barron · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20130259429A1 · Czosnowski et al. · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 20140021621A1 · Barnette, Jr. et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140219621A1 · Barnette et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20150268436A1 · Blackwell, Jr. et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150316738A1 · McPhil Giraud et al. · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20150355428A1 · Leeman · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20170153399A1 · Rodriguez · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20180157002A1 · Bishop et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20190004251A1 · Dannoux et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190004252A1 · Rosson · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190004255A1 · Dannoux et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190004258A1 · Dannoux et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190129116A1 · Henley · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190339460A1 · Dannoux et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190353863A1 · Schneider · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20200049922A1 · Rosson · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200132957A1 · Beri · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200174201A1 · Cote et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200233168A1 · Ruda · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20210033811A1 · Dannoux · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210072479A1 · Ward · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210096317A1 · Ripumaree · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210141182A1 · Ward · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210141184A1 · Krampotich · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210181443A1 · Zhou · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210247583A1 · Elkins, II · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210278607A1 · Cote · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210318499A1 · Cote · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20220075123A1 · Dannoux · 2022 [cited by examiner]
AU 2014101479A4 · 2015 [cited by applicant]
AU 2014101470A4 · 2015 [cited by applicant]
CN 305515830S · 2019 [cited by applicant]
CN 305515831S · 2019 [cited by applicant]
EM 0056661870001 · 2018 [cited by examiner]
EM 0056661870003 · 2018 [cited by examiner]
EM 0056661870005 · 2018 [cited by examiner]
EM 0056661870007 · 2018 [cited by examiner]
GB 90056661870005 · 2018 [cited by examiner]
GB 90056661870007 · 2018 [cited by examiner]
WO 2014123940A1 · 2014 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005190A2 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005191A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005192A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005193A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005194A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005195A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005196A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005197A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005198A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005199A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005200A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005201A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005202A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005203A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019005204A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
Introducing Evolv HC Terminals with PushLok Technology, Frames: 1:38/2:54, announced in YouTube.com on Oct. 26, 2020 [online], [site visited Jul. 2, 2024], Available from the internet URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?… [cited by examiner]
Corning's New Jumper In A Box Packaging Solution, dated Jul. 20, 2016, [online], [site visited Dec. 14, 2018]. Available from Internet, < URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUNYr-XAbVc > (Year: 2016). [cited by applicant]
E Catalog Corning. OptiSheath.RTM. Multipurpose Enclosure. No Date Specified. Https://ecatalog.corning.com/optical-communications/CALA/en/closures/Fibe- r-Optic-Closures/OptiSheath%C2%AE-Multipurpose-Enclosure/p/optishe… [cited by applicant]
Multiports. (Design—(Copyrights) Questel) orbit.com. [Online PDF compilation of references] 32 pgs. Print Dates Range Dec. 16, 2015-Nov. 5, 2019 [Retrieved Mar. 2, 2021]; https://www.orbit.com/export/UCZAH96B/pdf4/51722… [cited by applicant]