ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 18 -- 3M Innovative Properties, St. Paul, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (No. 11,119,282, initially filed March 31, 2020) developed by five co-inventors for an optical connector. The co-inventors are Michael A. Haase, St. Paul, Minnesota, Terry L. Smith, Roseville, Minnesota, Barry J. Koch, Florence, Texas, Ding Wang, Austin, Texas, and Alexander R. Mathews, Austin, Texas.

The full-text of the patent can be found at https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P . . .