ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,116, issued on April 14, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Clock transmission circuit, imaging element, and method for manufacturing clock transmission circuit" was invented by Hidetoshi Yoshimura (Hamamatsu, Japan), Tasuku Joboji (Hamamatsu, Japan), Yukinobu Sugiyama (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Riku Yonekawa (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clock transmission circuit includes a plurality of circuit regions that have common circuit patterns and are arranged along one direction. Each of the circuit patterns of the plurality of circuit regions has at least two circuit elements that are switchab...