ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,747, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Photonic chips including a structure enabling measurement of the group velocity of light in a photonic component" was invented by Hanyi Ding (Colchester, Vt.) and Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for a photonic chip that enable the measurement of the group velocity of light in a photonic component and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a photonic component having an input and an output, a first waveguide core including a first section coupled to the input of the photonic component, an...