ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,037, issued on June 16, was assigned to Lumentum Operations LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Plurality of emitters for coupling laser beams into a multi-mode optical fiber" was invented by Albert Yuen (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical data communication device includes a plurality of emitters. The plurality of emitters are configured to emit respective laser beams that are associated with a same spectral range and that are to couple into an input end of a multi-mode optical fiber. A size of an oxide aperture of each emitter, of the plurality of emitters, is less than or equal to 3.5 micrometers. Each emitter is a s...