ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,941, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Geneva).

"Wire bond electromagnetic interference (EMI) cage to block transmission and receipt of EMI at an optical emissions component" was invented by Kai Quan Cheng (Singapore), Tat Ming Teo (Singapore), Andrew John Price (Bonnyrigg, Great Britain), William Halliday (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Bhagya Prakash Bandusena (Singapore) and Calum Ritchie (Glasgow, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example apparatus and optical emission device for preventing the transmission of electromagnetic radiation to and from targeted electrical components of...