ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,620, issued on June 9, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"High efficiency electro-optic modulator" was invented by Anguel Nikolov (Culver City, Calif.) and Kurt W. Loheit (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving light at a light input of an electro-optic modulator device. The method includes directing the light via the light input into optical waveguides in an optical layer of an electro-optic modulator of the electro-optic modulator device. The method includes receiving a signal at an electric input of the electro-optic modulator device. The electric input is associa...