ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,012, issued on May 19, was assigned to Gemtek Technology Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Communication device and communication device method" was invented by Chang-Yuan Hsieh (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Yu-Sheng Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device includes a first laser driver, a second laser driver, a light emitting and receiving component, and a processor. The light emitting and receiving component is connected to a passive optical network to send and/or receive an optical signal. The light emitting and receiving component converts the optical signal into a first electrical signal and outputs the first...