ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,582, issued on May 19, was assigned to SEIKO NPC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Optical device and method of manufacturing optical device" was invented by Takahiro Naito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device includes: an optical element that is rectangular as seen in a top view, and that has a light-receiving portion at a top surface thereof; a wiring substrate on which the optical element is mounted; wires electrically connecting the optical element and the wiring substrate at from one to three sides of the rectangular optical element; a resin portion formed at a periphery of the optical element, and covering a portion of the top ...