IP Library Granted Patent US 1,069,715
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US 1,069,715 · App. 29/827,923 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Dustplug for a multiport optical connection device

Inventors: Cameron Meyer (Lewisville, TX); Dayne Wilcox (El Cerrito, CA); Lee Alexander Webb (Huntersville, NC); Joel Christopher Rosson (Hickory, NC)
Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 1,069,715
App. No.
29/827,923
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a dustplug for a multiport optical connection device as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: MEYER, CAMERON; ROSSON, JOEL CHRISTOPHER; WEBB, LEE ALEXANDER; WILCOX, DAYNE
To: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059339/0789 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 29718008 · Dec 20, 2019
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