ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,836, issued on May 19, was assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Optical coupling module and manufacturing method thereof having conjoined tapered elements" was invented by Tsung-Jun Ho (Tainan City, Taiwan), Yu-Cheng Song (Tainan City, Taiwan), Kuo-Teng Tsai (Penghu County, Taiwan) and Ying-Hui Yang (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical coupling module, including a transmission optical fiber and at least one pump optical fiber, is provided. The transmission optical fiber has a central shaft extending along a longitudinal direction and includes a first transmission flat po...