ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,322, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Optical module" was invented by Shih-Chieh Tang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hsun-Wei Chan (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Hsin-Ying Ho (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module is disclosed. The optical module includes a carrier, an optical device disposed over the carrier, and a sensing surface facing away from the carrier. The sensing surface includes a transmissive region and a non-transmissive region adjacent to the transmissive region."

The patent was filed on Jan. 12, 2023, under Application No. 18/096,361.

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