ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,724, issued on June 30, was assigned to NANJING LYCORE TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Nanjing, China).

"Folded electro-optic modulator" was invented by Hanxiao Liang (Nanjing, China), Yipin Song (Nanjing, China), Yingcong Zhou (Nanjing, China), Haicang Wu (Nanjing, China), Wenhao Mao (Nanjing, China), Shiwei Song (Nanjing, China), Weiqi Sun (Nanjing, China) and Qingyang Yu (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folded electro-optic modulator is provided. The folded electro-optic modulator includes: a first main electrode, a first waveguide arm, a second main electrode, a second waveguide arm and a third main electrode arranged in s...