ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,472, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Detachable light source supply apparatus and optical transceiver having the same" was invented by Soo Yong Jung (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jong Jin Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a detachable light source supply apparatus in which a light source element, which has a high probability of failure among components of an optical transceiver, is separately disposed on the outside, to supply a light source to the optical transceiver. This detachable light source supply apparatus includes ...