ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,722, issued on April 21, was assigned to Rayz Technologies Co. Ltd. (Yancheng, China).

"Optical waveguide device used in laser detection and ranging system" was invented by Detao Du (Beijing) and Ruxin Chen (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an optical waveguide device used in a laser detection and ranging system (lidar). The optical waveguide device includes: a waveguide inlet configured to receive a first light signal; a waveguide body configured to guide the first light signal to transmit in the optical waveguide device; and a waveguide outlet configured to output a second light signal exited ...