ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,372, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS Ltd. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Optical device, optical transmitting apparatus, and optical receiving apparatus" was invented by Akira Oka (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device includes a first channel waveguide, a second channel waveguide, a slab generator, and a rib waveguide connected to the slab generator. The second channel waveguide includes a first connection connected to the first channel waveguide and a second connection connected to the slab generator, and the second channel waveguide is wider at the second connection than at the first con...