ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,459, issued on July 7, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Laser module and fiber laser device" was invented by Yohei Kasai (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser module includes: a first laser diode that emits a first light beam having a first wavelength; a second laser diode that emits a second light beam having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength; a fast-axis collimating lens disposed corresponding to each of the first and second laser diodes to collimate a fast-axis direction of each of the first and second light beams emitted from each of the first and second laser diodes; a slow-axis collima...