ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,236, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Optical devices, systems, and methods for waveguide alignment" was invented by Hassid C. Gurgov (Binyamina, Israel), Liron Gantz (Haifa, Israel) and Thomas Hastings Greer III (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for waveguide alignment. An example optical module includes a substrate, one or more primary waveguides supported by the substrate, and an optoelectronic component supported by the substrate and in optical communication with the one or more primary waveguides. The optoelectronic comp...